Predicting anxiety and depression from personality: Is there a synergistic effect of neuroticism and extraversion?

Anthony F. Jorm; Helen Christensen; A. Scott Henderson; Patricia A. Jacomb; Ailsa E. Korten; Bryan Rodgers

doi:10.1037/0021-843X.109.1.145

Predicting anxiety and depression from personality: Is there a synergistic effect of neuroticism and extraversion?

Anthony F. Jorm^*, Helen Christensen, A. Scott Henderson, Patricia A. Jacomb, Ailsa E. Korten, Bryan Rodgers

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In a longitudinal study of college students, B. S. Gershuny and K. J. Sher (1998) found that high neuroticism and low extraversion had a synergistic effect in predicting anxiety and depression 3 years later. This article attempted to replicate their finding using data from 2 community samples: (a) a cross-sectional survey of 2,677 persons aged 18-79 years, and (b) a longitudinal study in which 441 persons aged 70 or older were followed over 3-4 years. Both studies found that neuroticism predicted anxiety and depression, but there were no Neuroticism x Extraversion interaction effects. These results cast doubt on the generalizability of the original findings.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	145-149
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Volume	109
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-843X.109.1.145
Publication status	Published - Feb 2000

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