Differential relations of depression and social anxiety symptoms to the facets of extraversion/positive emotionality.
- 1 May 2009
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Abnormal Psychology
- Vol. 118 (2) , 299-310
- https://doi.org/10.1037/a0015637
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.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01-MH068472)
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