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Personality traits are differentially linked to mental disorders: a multitrait-multidiagnosis study of an adolescent birth cohort.

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Krueger, RF; Caspi, A; Moffitt, TE; Silva, PA; McGee, R
Published in: Journal of abnormal psychology
August 1996

The authors assessed the relation between personality and mental disorder in a representative birth cohort of 897 men and women. Personality was assessed at age 18 with the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ; A. Tellegen, 1982), and 4 types of mental disorder (affective, anxiety, substance dependence, and conduct disorder) were assessed at ages 15, 18 and 21, using age-appropriate standardized diagnostic interviews. All disorder groups had MPQ profiles that were very different from those of controls. When comorbid cases were excluded, fewer significant differences between diagnosed cases and controls remained. Relations between personality and mental disorder were not affected by the measurement of disorder as continuous versus discrete, gender, or the age at which disorder was diagnosed. Relations between personality and mental disorders appear to be robust, and individual personality differences may be particularly relevant to understanding the most severe (comorbid) expressions of psychopathology.

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Journal of abnormal psychology

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EISSN

1939-1846

ISSN

0021-843X

Publication Date

August 1996

Volume

105

Issue

3

Start / End Page

299 / 312

Related Subject Headings

  • Psychopathology
  • Psychometrics
  • Personality Inventory
  • Personality Disorders
  • Personality Development
  • New Zealand
  • Mental Disorders
  • Male
  • Individuality
  • Humans
 

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Krueger, R. F., Caspi, A., Moffitt, T. E., Silva, P. A., & McGee, R. (1996). Personality traits are differentially linked to mental disorders: a multitrait-multidiagnosis study of an adolescent birth cohort. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 105(3), 299–312. https://doi.org/10.1037//0021-843x.105.3.299
Krueger, R. F., A. Caspi, T. E. Moffitt, P. A. Silva, and R. McGee. “Personality traits are differentially linked to mental disorders: a multitrait-multidiagnosis study of an adolescent birth cohort.Journal of Abnormal Psychology 105, no. 3 (August 1996): 299–312. https://doi.org/10.1037//0021-843x.105.3.299.
Krueger RF, Caspi A, Moffitt TE, Silva PA, McGee R. Personality traits are differentially linked to mental disorders: a multitrait-multidiagnosis study of an adolescent birth cohort. Journal of abnormal psychology. 1996 Aug;105(3):299–312.
Krueger, R. F., et al. “Personality traits are differentially linked to mental disorders: a multitrait-multidiagnosis study of an adolescent birth cohort.Journal of Abnormal Psychology, vol. 105, no. 3, Aug. 1996, pp. 299–312. Epmc, doi:10.1037//0021-843x.105.3.299.
Krueger RF, Caspi A, Moffitt TE, Silva PA, McGee R. Personality traits are differentially linked to mental disorders: a multitrait-multidiagnosis study of an adolescent birth cohort. Journal of abnormal psychology. 1996 Aug;105(3):299–312.

Published In

Journal of abnormal psychology

DOI

EISSN

1939-1846

ISSN

0021-843X

Publication Date

August 1996

Volume

105

Issue

3

Start / End Page

299 / 312

Related Subject Headings

  • Psychopathology
  • Psychometrics
  • Personality Inventory
  • Personality Disorders
  • Personality Development
  • New Zealand
  • Mental Disorders
  • Male
  • Individuality
  • Humans