Original scientific paper
The Relationship Between Basic Personality Dimensions and Depression in Early Adolescence
Andreja BRAJŠA-ŽGANEC
Renata GLAVAK
Abstract
Many studies suggest that there is a relationship between
basic personality dimensions and psychopathology. The aim
of this study was to examine the relationship between basic
personality dimensions according to Eysenck, as well as their
interactions with depression in early adolescence. The
research was conducted on a sample of 583 adolescents of
both sexes, between the ages of 12 and 15. The results show
that all three personality dimensions are significantly
correlated with scores on the Depression Scale. More
depressive adolescents achieve higher scores on scales of
Neuroticism and Psychoticism, while lower scores on
Extroversion and Lie scales. Girls report more depressive
symptoms than boys. Boys achieve higher scores on the
Psychoticism Scale, while girls score higher on Neuroticism
and Lie scales. The results of the hierarchical regression
analysis indicate that the described set of predictor variables
(gender, parents' education, neuroticism, psychoticism,
extroversion) can explain 40% of the total variance of
depression. The significant predictors are neuroticism,
psychoticism, extroversion, and the double interaction of
extroversion and psychoticism which contributes to another
1% of the explained variance of depressive symptoms.
Introvert adolescents with a high score on the Psychoticism
Scale are more depressive, while such a connection has not
been established for extrovert adolescents.
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Hrčak ID:
19671
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Publication date:
31.10.2002.
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