Predicting physical and mental health symptoms: Additive and interactive effects of difficulty identifying feelings, neuroticism and extraversion

Alexithymia, neuroticism, and extraversion have been described as relevant predictors of mental and physical health conditions, but their putative interactive effects remain poorly understood and their prospective effects are not well studied. The present study has investigated the differential contributions of distinct personality traits in predicting mental and somatic health symptoms in cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses.

Source: Journal of Psychosomatic Research - October 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Johanna Klinger-K önig, Johannes Hertel, Jan Terock, Henry Völzke, Sandra Van der Auwera, Hans J. Grabe Source Type: research