Department of Psychiatry, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan.
Int J Psychiatry Clin Pract. 2020 Sep;24(3):278-283. doi: 10.1080/13651501.2020.1764586. Epub 2020 May 13.
Core beliefs about negative-self are beliefs about self-deficiencies in basic aspects of human adaptation. Meanwhile, neuroticism is a personality trait characterised by negative emotionality, i.e., a tendency to react to stress with negative emotions. The present study tested the hypothesis that core beliefs about negative-self are implicated in neuroticism. The subjects were 309 Japanese healthy volunteers. Core beliefs about negative-self were evaluated by the Brief Core Schema Scales, and neuroticism was evaluated by the NEO Personality Inventory-Revised. In both multiple regression analysis and structural equation modelling, higher neuroticism was strongly predicted by higher levels of core beliefs about negative-self. The present study cannot determine the causal relationship between core beliefs about negative-self and neuroticism, because of its cross sectional design. The present study suggests that core beliefs about negative-self are deeply implicated in neuroticism.Key PointsImplication of core beliefs about negative-self in neuroticism was examined.Neuroticism was predicted by higher levels of these core beliefs.These core beliefs may be involved in negative emotionality of neuroticism.
核心负性自我信念是指对人类适应基本方面的自我缺陷的信念。与此同时，神经质是一种以负性情绪为特征的人格特质，即一种倾向于用负性情绪对压力做出反应的倾向。本研究检验了核心负性自我信念与神经质有关的假设。研究对象为 309 名日本健康志愿者。核心负性自我信念采用简要核心量表进行评估，神经质采用 NEO 人格量表修订版进行评估。在多元回归分析和结构方程模型中，核心负性自我信念水平越高，神经质程度越高。由于本研究为横断面设计，因此无法确定核心负性自我信念与神经质之间的因果关系。本研究表明，核心负性自我信念与神经质密切相关。
