Lönnqvist Jan-Erik, Verkasalo Markku, Mäkinen Seppo, Henriksson Markus
Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki, Finland.
J Clin Psychol. 2009 Jul;65(7):781-90. doi: 10.1002/jclp.20571.
The authors assessed whether neuroticism in emerging adulthood predicts mental disorders and self-esteem in early adulthood after controlling for possible confounding variables. A sample of 69 male military conscripts was initially assessed at age 20 and again as civilians at age 35. The initial assessment included a psychiatric interview, objective indicators of conscript competence, an intellectual performance test, and neuroticism questionnaires. The follow-up assessment included a Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID; First, Spitzer, Gibbon, & Williams, 1996) and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965). Neuroticism predicted future mental disorders and low self-esteem beyond more objective indicators of adjustment. The results support the use of neuroticism as a predictor of future mental disorders, even over periods of time when personality is subject to change.
作者评估了在控制可能的混杂变量后，成年早期的神经质是否能预测成年早期的精神障碍和自尊。对69名男性应征入伍者进行了抽样，最初在他们20岁时进行评估，35岁成为平民时再次评估。初始评估包括一次精神病学访谈、应征者能力的客观指标、一次智力表现测试和神经质问卷。随访评估包括《精神疾病诊断与统计手册》第四版（DSM-IV）的结构化临床访谈（SCID；First、Spitzer、Gibbon和Williams，1996年）以及罗森伯格自尊量表（Rosenberg，1965年）。除了更客观的适应指标外，神经质还能预测未来的精神障碍和低自尊。研究结果支持将神经质用作未来精神障碍的预测指标，即使在人格可能发生变化的时间段内也是如此。
