| Literature DB >> 10740946 |
A F Jorm1, H Christensen, A S Henderson, P A Jacomb, A E Korten, B Rodgers.
Abstract
In a longitudinal study of college students, B. S. Gershuny and K. J. Sher (1998) found that high neuroticism and low extraversion had a synergistic effect in predicting anxiety and depression 3 years later. This article attempted to replicate their finding using data from 2 community samples: (a) a cross-sectional survey of 2,677 persons aged 18-79 years, and (b) a longitudinal study in which 441 persons aged 70 or older were followed over 3-4 years. Both studies found that neuroticism predicted anxiety and depression, but there were no Neuroticism x Extraversion interaction effects. These results cast doubt on the generalizability of the original findings.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID： 10740946 DOI： 10.1037//0021-843x.109.1.145
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Abnorm Psychol ISSN： 0021-843X