Personality in depression: concordance between clinical assessment and questionnaires

Abstract

The concordance between Vanggaard's concept of character neurosis and three personality questionnaires (Marke-Nyman Temperament Scale, Cesarec-Marke Personality Scale, and Eysenck Personality Questionnaire) was evaluated in 73 patients who were treated for a major depression in general practice. After an interview with the patients Vanggaard classified 57 of them to be without character neurosis, and the remaining 16 patients were considered to have a character neurosis. It was found that Eysenck's Neuroticism scale significantly corresponded to Vanggaard's classification. Among the other personality scales Acquiescence and Autonomy were the most important. Studies on the predictive validity of these subscales are in progress.

Quality of Life in Psychosomatic Research

“…We have found Eysenck's neuroticism scale the most useful self-rating scale for personality dimen sions [Bech et al, 1986b], It is of interest that Waters [1986], in his intensive studies on headache, has found the following nine items relevant for describing neurotic per sonality: Do you wear yourself out worrying about your health? ; Do you suffer from se vere nervous exhaustion?…”

The relationship of neuroticism and extraversion to symptoms of anxiety and depression in the general population

“…The associations between depression and the dimensions of extraversion and neuroticism have been assessed in various studies in students [Clarke, 2004;Hepburn and Eysenck, 1989;McCleery and Goodwin, 2001;Saklofske et al, 1995;Williams, 1990], in family members of patients with depression [Duggan et al, 1995;Katz and McGuffin, 1987], in twins [Kendler et al, 1993b], in other nonclinical settings [Boyce et al, 1991;Christie and Venables, 1973;Farmer et al, 2002], and in clinical settings [Bech et al, 1986;Berlanga et al, 1999;Boyce and Parker, 1985;Coppen and Metcalfe, 1965;Cuijpers et al, 2005;Duggan et al, 1991;Garside et al, 1970;Julian et al, 1969;Kendell and DiScipio, 1968;Ranjith et al, 2005;Ulusahin and Ulug, 1997;Weissman et al, 1978] but rarely in the general population [Bienvenu et al, 2004;Cox et al, 2004]. In addition, researchers have investigated the dimensions of extraversion and neuroticism (with an abbreviated scale) in the general population in one study [Goodwin et al, 2002], and the dimension of neuroticism alone in twins [Fanous et al, 2002;Kendler et al, 1993aKendler et al, , 2002Kendler et al, , 2004Roberts and Kendler, 1999], in relatives of depressive patients [Sham et al, 2000], and in the general population [de Graaf et al, 2002;Henderson et al, 1998].…”

A genome scan of neuroticism in nicotine dependent smokers

“…Originally proposed by Eysenck, neuroticism reflects the level of emotional stability of the individual, which at one extreme can manifest itself as anxiety, depression, and other moody behaviors [Eysenck and Eysenck, 1975;Kendler et al, 1993;Cloninger, 1994]. Numerous studies have examined the relationship between neuroticism and major depressive disorder (MDD) and have determined that individuals who have episodes of depression have higher levels of neuroticism [McGuire et al, 1963;Hirschfeld and Klerman, 1979;Bech et al, 1986]. Second, the association appears to be causal.…”