Differential Relations of Depression and Social Anxiety Symptoms to the Facets of Extraversion/Positive Emotionality

Kristin Naragon-Gainey; David Watson; Kristian E Markon

doi:10.1037/a0015637

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Differential Relations of Depression and Social Anxiety Symptoms to the Facets of Extraversion/Positive Emotionality

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Differential Relations of Depression and Social Anxiety Symptoms to the Facets of Extraversion/Positive Emotionality

Kristin Naragon-Gainey, David Watson and Kristian E Markon

Journal of abnormal psychology (1965), Vol.118(2), pp.299-310

05/2009

DOI: 10.1037/a0015637

PMCID: PMC2794796

PMID: 19413405

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Abstract

Previous research has shown that both depression and social anxiety-2 facets of internalizing psychopathology-are characterized by low levels of extraversion/positive emotionality (E/PE). However, little is known about the relations of the facets of E/PE with the symptoms of depression and social anxiety. This study utilized multiple measures of each facet of E/PE, as well as depression and social anxiety symptoms. Self-report data were collected from large samples of college students and psychiatric outpatients. Separate factor analyses in each sample revealed a 4-factor structure of E/PE consisting of Sociability, Positive Emotionality, Ascendance, and Fun-Seeking. Structural equation modeling revealed that, after controlling for the higher order internalizing factor and the overlap among the E/PE facets, social anxiety was broadly related to all 4 facets of E/PE, whereas depression was strongly related to only low positive emotionality. Implications for hierarchical models of personality and psychopathology, assessment and treatment, and etiological models are discussed.

extraversion

positive emotionality

depression

internalizing

social anxiety

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Title: Subtitle: Differential Relations of Depression and Social Anxiety Symptoms to the Facets of Extraversion/Positive Emotionality
Creators: Kristin Naragon-Gainey - Department of Psychology, University of Iowa
David Watson - Department of Psychology, University of Iowa
Kristian E Markon - Department of Psychology, University of Iowa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of abnormal psychology (1965), Vol.118(2), pp.299-310
DOI: 10.1037/a0015637
PMID: 19413405
PMCID: PMC2794796
NLM abbreviation: J Abnorm Psychol
ISSN: 0021-843X
eISSN: 1939-1846
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Grant note: DOI: 10.13039/100000025, name: National Institute of Mental Health, award: R01-MH068472
Language: English
Date published: 05/2009
Academic Unit: Psychological and Brain Sciences
Record Identifier: 9984083882702771

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