The relationships between personality traits and one-year outcomes in patients with major depressive disorder without psychotic features

Publication date: Available online 27 September 2018Source: Revue Européenne de Psychologie AppliquéeAuthor(s): R. Jourdy, J.-M. Petot, C. AguerreAbstractIntroductionBesides the intensity of depression, the main predictors of the outcome of a depressive episode are the comorbid disorders and certain personality traits.ObjectivesSince previous research has focused on the study of these traits at the level of the Big Five Factors or domains, our aim was to examine whether the course of depression can be predicted more accurately by the facets than by the domains.MethodsWe assessed 58 patients with depressive disorder using a battery of psychological tests, including the NEO Personality Inventory Revised and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II). About one year later, 43 of these people completed the BDI-II again.ResultsImprovement was associated with high scores on the Angry Hostility, Openness to Feelings and Orderliness facets and low scores on the Modesty facet. These facets specifically predicted between 44 and 48% of the criterion variance, compared to less than a quarter for the big factors.RésuméIntroductionÀ côté de l’intensité de la dépression, les principaux signes annonciateurs de l’évolution d’un épisode dépressif sont les troubles comorbides et certains traits de personnalité.ObjectifsLa recherche antérieure ayant privilégié l’étude de ces traits au niveau des cinq grands facteurs, notre objectif est d’établir si l’évaluation au nive...

Source: European Review of Applied Psychology - October 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research