Personality as a subclinical expression of the affective disorders

The literature on the relationship between personality traits and the various forms of affective disorder were reviewed. On the basis of this review, it was hypothesized that probands with primary unipolar affective disorder and their relatives would be significantly higher on cyclothymia, as measur...

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Published in:Comprehensive psychiatry 1980, Vol.21 (3), p.197-205
Main Authors: Wetzel, Richard D., Cloninger, C.Robert, Hong, Barry, Reich, Theodore
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bipolar Disorder - psychology
Child
Cyclothymic Disorder - psychology
Depression - psychology
Humans
Personality
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Summary:The literature on the relationship between personality traits and the various forms of affective disorder were reviewed. On the basis of this review, it was hypothesized that probands with primary unipolar affective disorder and their relatives would be significantly higher on cyclothymia, as measured by trait A of the 16 PF, and that no other significant correlations between depression and personality traits would be found. Contrary to the hypotheses, depressed probands and their relatives were lower than appropriate controls on cyclothymia. Evidence for the familial transmission of an increased amount of secondary trait Q II (adjustment versus anxiety) was found. It was speculated that the spectrum disorder involving subdepressive behavior (Q II) and unipolar affective disorder is independently transmitted from the spectrum involving cyclothymia, bipolar I and II, and mania. 21 Designs to test these speculations were discussed.
ISSN:0010-440X
1532-8384
DOI:10.1016/0010-440X(80)90003-6