Reciprocal effects of neuroticism and life stress in adolescence

Copyright © 2020. Published by Elsevier B.V..

BACKGROUND: Stressful life experiences and personality can influence one another. Personality may contribute to the amount and type of stress individuals experience, which is referred to as a selection effect. Life stress may also impact one's personality, which is referred to as a socialization effect. It was hypothesized that neuroticism would predict increased chronic and episodic stress (selection effect) and that chronic and episodic stress would predict increased neuroticism (socialization effect).

METHODS: The current study investigated selection and socialization effects of neuroticism and life stress over a three-year period in 627 adolescents. Life stress data were examined in terms of duration (chronic versus episodic) and type (interpersonal versus non-interpersonal). Episodic stress data were examined as dependent or independent.

RESULTS: The results from ten cross-lagged panel models provided some evidence for significant selection and socialization effects depending on stress type. Over three years, we observed that neuroticism increases interpersonal chronic stress and non-interpersonal stressful events (selection effects) and that dependent non-interpersonal stressful events and chronic stress increase neuroticism (socialization effects).

LIMITATIONS: Study limitations include a lack of a lifespan perspective and a statistical approach that does not differentiate between- from within-person variance.

CONCLUSIONS: Findings suggest the value of attending to stress response as well as targeting neuroticism in prevention and intervention approaches in adolescents.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:281

Enthalten in:

Journal of affective disorders - 281(2021) vom: 15. Feb., Seite 247-255

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Metts, Allison [VerfasserIn]
Yarrington, Julia [VerfasserIn]
Enders, Craig [VerfasserIn]
Hammen, Constance [VerfasserIn]
Mineka, Susan [VerfasserIn]
Zinbarg, Richard [VerfasserIn]
Craske, Michelle G [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Chronic stress
Episodic stress
Journal Article
Neuroticism
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Selection effect
Socialization effect

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Date Completed 21.04.2021

Date Revised 16.02.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jad.2020.12.016

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM319037606