Abstract
Several personality traits are risk factors for psychopathology. As symptoms of psychopathology may influence self-rated personality, informant reports of personality are also sometimes collected. However, little is known about self-informant agreement in individuals with anxiety and/or depression. We investigated whether self-informant agreement on positive and negative affectivity (PA and NA) and anxiety sensitivity differs for individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD) and/or panic disorder (PD; total n = 117). Informant- and self-reported PA was correlated among those with MDD, but not among those without MDD. Informant- and self-reported anxiety sensitivity was correlated among those with PD, but not among those without PD. Informant- and self-reported NAwas correlated irrespective of diagnosis. Results indicate that the agreement of self- and informant-reported personality may vary as a function of depression and/or anxiety disorders.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 306-313 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease |
Volume | 204 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2016 |
Keywords
- Informant-reported personality
- Major depressive disorder
- Panic disorder
- Self-informant agreement
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychiatry and Mental health