Uliaszek Amanda A, Hauner Katherina K Y, Zinbarg Richard E, Craske Michelle G, Mineka Susan, Griffith James W, Rose Raphael D
Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, 2029 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208.
J Res Pers. 2009 Oct 1;43(5):785-794. doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2009.05.009.
This study examines whether content overlap artificially inflates estimates of the associations of emotional disorders with neuroticism and whether disorder-specificity of prediction exists. We demonstrated a statistical approach for testing the validity of hypothesized facets of neuroticism. In a sample of 627 adolescents, we indentified six facets of neuroticism, one intermediate facet, and a general neuroticism factor (GNF). Only the GNF and the depression facet were significantly associated with depressive symptomatology. The GNF and all facets significantly predicted anxiety symptomatology. This study offers a new statistical approach for addressing content overlap, testing for disorder specific prediction and identifying facets of a broad personality trait, while indicating that content overlap does not largely explain the associations of neuroticism with psychopathology.
本研究考察了内容重叠是否会人为夸大情绪障碍与神经质之间关联的估计值，以及是否存在针对特定障碍的预测。我们展示了一种统计方法来检验神经质假设方面的有效性。在一个627名青少年的样本中，我们确定了神经质的六个方面、一个中间方面以及一个一般神经质因子（GNF）。只有GNF和抑郁方面与抑郁症状显著相关。GNF和所有方面都能显著预测焦虑症状。本研究提供了一种新的统计方法来解决内容重叠问题、检验特定障碍的预测以及识别广泛人格特质的方面，同时表明内容重叠并不能很大程度上解释神经质与精神病理学之间的关联。
