The Influence of Unhealthy Neuroticism on the Peculiarities of Personal Decision Making

Abstract

The aim: To determine the influence of unhealthy neuroticism (the high level of personal neuroticism) on the properties of the decision-making process, to identify the differences in the decision-making process features of persons with high and low levels of neuroticism. Materials and methods: A comparative design was used with two contrasting groups, which differed in the level of neuroticism. Causal relationships were defined using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). The methods «Diagnosis of the neurotic personality tendency” (L. Vasserman), “Diagnosis of decision-making features” (D. Myroshnyk, O. Savchenko), “Locus of control” (O. Ksenofontova) were used for diagnosis. Results: It was identified that individuals with a high level of neurotic personality tendency have exhibited less self-control in the decision-making process (p <0.01), have formed a pessimistic expectations of the ways in which decisions should be fulfilled (p <0.01). A high level of neurotic personality tendency has occurred mostly in students with a high level of external locus of control (p <0.01), a low assessment of self-competence (p <0.01), low internality in the field of interpersonal relations (p <0.05), unformed willingness to overcome difficulties (p <0.05). The level of neuroticism is an important factor of the peculiarities of decision-making process (self-control (p <0.001) and optimistic expectations (p <0.02)). The general level of internality has determined the level of neurotic personality tendency (p <0.02) Conclusions: Unhealthy neuroticism, which manifests itself in a high level of neurotic personality tendency, is a risk factor of mental health, and it prevents timely make appropriate decisions. The high level of external locus of control mediately (through increasing the level of neurotic personality tendency) affects the procedural and effective properties of the decision-making process.

Psychological study of the personality structure in individuals with neurotic and neurosis-like disorders: A systematic review.

“…In addition to being a risk factor for many psychiatric disorders, high levels of neuroticism considerably impair the quality of daily life in people with subsyndromal levels of pathology. In the studies included in the current review, it was found that neuroticism is inversely correlated with subjective well-being, self-perceived competence, internality in interpersonal relationships, attention and memory concentration, resilience or readiness to overcome difficulties, level of personal involvement in life, and self-control in decision-making processes (Chen et al, 2023; Savchenko et al, 2021). In some studies, a higher level of neuroticism is associated with higher levels of anxiety, basic beliefs about the negative self, pessimistic expectations, and biases in interpretation (Denovan et al, 2019; Kolesnichenko et al, 2021).…”

“…A detailed review of the articles included in the current analysis was conducted, in particular the studies by Savchenko et al (2021), Kolesnichenko et al (2021), Saini et al (2021), Dong et al (2022), Yang et al (2022), Tyrer et al (2022), Carvalho et al (2019), Chen et al (2023), Sarrar and Goth (2022), Weinreich Petersen et al (2022), Tonarely et al (2020), Dash et al (2019), Vigne et al (2019), and others (Cohen-Louck & Zvi, 2022; Denovan et al, 2019; Metts et al, 2021; Rachubińska et al, 2021; Rogers et al, 2021; Sewart et al, 2019; Trofimova & Sulis, 2018; Vinograd et al, 2020). The analysis confirmed that the leading personality trait of people with neurotic and neurosis-like disorders is a high level of neuroticism.…”

“…The shortened version of this test consists of 44 short phrases that are rated on a 5-point scale and correspond to one of the FFM domains. The reviewed studies also utilised other instruments, including the “Diagnostic of Neurotic Tendency in Personality” (L. Vasserman; Savchenko et al, 2021), “Clinical Questionnaire for Detection and Assessment of Neurotic States” (K. Yakhin, Mendeleevich; Kolesnichenko et al, 2021), Comprehensive Psychopathological Rating Scale (M. Asberg; Tyrer et al, 2022), International Personality Disorder Examination (Saini et al, 2021), Neurotic Disorders Outcome Scale (Yang et al, 2022), Dimensional Clinical Personality Inventory (Carvalho et al, 2019), Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–2-Restructured Form (Sewart et al, 2019), and Temperament Structure Questionnaire (Trofimova & Sulis, 2018).…”

The Role of Personality in the Adoption of Pro-Environmental Behaviors through the Lens of the Value-Belief-Norm Theory

“…Neuroticism, openness, and consciousness personalities showed similar relationship values (confirming the first hypothesis) between PN and GC behavior, even though the explained variance was not as high as for the extraversion personality; however, PN strongly predicts GC behaviors with all f 2 values over 0.35. Environmental participation for people with neurotic personalities may be associated with worldwide inclinations to experience high levels of anxiety and emotional volatility (for example, preservation norms related to the enjoyment of our surrounding nature and the conservation of our resources) [86]. Flexible and abstract thinking, which characterizes openness, may have long-term and distant environmental effects [53].…”