Personality traits and changes in depression symptoms in female university students

The present study aimed to investigate the course of symptoms of depression in female university students over a four-year period, while also exploring the predictive value of four personality traits with regard to symptoms of depression. The sample comprised 74 female first-year university students...

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Published in:CEPS journal 2021, Vol.11 (4), p.169-187
Main Authors: Bobic, Jasminka, Koscec Bjelajac, Adrijana, Bakotic, Marija, Macan, Jelena
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
College Freshmen
Depression (Psy)
Depression (Psychology)
Emotional Response
Extraversion Introversion
Females
Foreign Countries
Fragebogen
Frau
Kroatien
Neurosis
Personality Traits
Persönlichkeitsmerkmal
Persönlichkeitstest
Predictor Variables
Psychische Gesundheit
Regressionsanalyse
Selbstwahrnehmung
Stress
Stress Variables
Studentin
Symptom
Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Well Being
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Summary:The present study aimed to investigate the course of symptoms of depression in female university students over a four-year period, while also exploring the predictive value of four personality traits with regard to symptoms of depression. The sample comprised 74 female first-year university students. Symptoms of depression were assessed using the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale and were collected twice over a four-year interval, while the personality traits of extraversion, neuroticism, psychoticism and lie tendencies were assessed by the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire only at the baseline. The results revealed that after a four-year period the depression symptoms increased in intensity/frequency on 10 out of 20 items as well as in the summary score, and decreased only in diurnal variations, which wasfavourable outcome. Multiple regression analysis indicated that out of the four personality traits only neuroticism was a significant predictor of the summary depression score four years later. This means that young female students with higher scores in neuroticism, although still in the normal or average range, would very probably have a more pronounced and less well-regulated emotional response to a stressful period of their university education. (DIPF/Orig.)
ISSN:2232-2647
1855-9719
2232-2647
DOI:10.26529/cepsj.756