Department of Psychological and Brain Science, Boston University.
Personal Disord. 2017 Jul;8(3):191-198. doi: 10.1037/per0000224.
Neuroticism has long been associated with psychopathology and there is increasing evidence that this trait represents a shared vulnerability responsible for the development and maintenance of a range of common mental disorders. Given that neuroticism may be more malleable than previously thought, targeting this trait in treatment, rather than its specific manifestations (e.g., anxiety, mood, and personality disorders), may represent a more efficient and cost-effective approach to psychological treatment. The goals of the current manuscript are to (a) review the role of neuroticism in the development of common mental disorders, (b) describe the evidence of its malleability, and (c) review interventions that have been explicitly developed to target this trait in treatment. Implications for shifting the focus of psychological treatment to underlying vulnerabilities, such as neuroticism, rather than on the manifest symptoms of mental health conditions, are also discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record
神经质长期以来一直与精神病理学有关，越来越多的证据表明，这种特质代表了一种共同的脆弱性，导致了一系列常见精神障碍的发展和维持。鉴于神经质可能比以前认为的更具可塑性，在治疗中针对这种特质，而不是其特定表现（例如，焦虑、情绪和人格障碍），可能代表着一种更有效和更具成本效益的心理治疗方法。本手稿的目标是：（a）综述神经质在常见精神障碍发展中的作用；（b）描述其可塑性的证据；（c）综述专门针对治疗中这种特质的干预措施。还讨论了将心理治疗的重点从心理健康状况的明显症状转移到潜在脆弱性（如神经质）的意义。
