Differential relations of depression and social anxiety symptoms to the facets of extraversion/positive emotionality.

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 am

SUBMITTER: Naragon-Gainey K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2794796 | biostudies-literature | 2009 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature