TITLE:
Neuroticism and Extraversion: Contributions to Diagnosis of Dysthymia
AUTHORS:
Mara Rúbia de Camargo Alves Orsini, Daniel Bartholomeu, Cecília Rodrigues Ribeiro, José Maria Montiel
KEYWORDS:
Psychological Assessment, Depression Disorders, Personality, Psychodiagnostic
JOURNAL NAME:
Psychology,
Vol.5 No.14,
September
30,
2014
ABSTRACT: Dysthymic
disorder can be characterized as a mild depression and persistent, lasting at
least two years. Are described the symptoms more experienced on the subjective
plane than objective? Mild neurovegetative symptom with long duration is the
most frequent symptom experienced by the patients and is the landmark to
differential diagnosis. It is interesting to investigate the relationship of
these factors in the configuration of personality of the dysthymic. Starting
from the assumption that the disorder is more experienced in the subjective
level and perceived by the subject as an intrinsic part of their way of being,
a model based on the configuration of these personality dimensions could
contribute to a more reliable diagnosis. The present study aimed to investigate
the configuration of Neuroticism and Extraversion factors in patients diagnosed
with dysthymia. Participants, n = 568, 59.2% women and 40.8% men, mean age = 25
years, SD = 7.0. Results and Discussion, the studies 1 and 2 suggest the
possibility the dysthymia be evaluated based on personality characteristics,
revealing that this framework affects the character of the subject, or which is
in itself an even psychological concept, because it is personality tendency.
This assumption is based on the fact that patients with dysthymia have higher
scores on neuroticism and lower extraversion because of the control group.