title: Personality as a cause of adverse life events.
abstract: The element of chance and the role of the individual in causing negative life events was explored by examining the relationship between measures of personality, symptoms, and a number of demographic variables in a nonclinical population (n = 892). The results indicated that Eysenck's neuroticism was the best predictor of negative interpersonal life events. Symptoms added a negligible amount to the variance explained in the occurrence of life events. The well-established relationships between neuroticism and symptoms and life events and symptoms are discussed in the light of these findings.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety Disorders, University of New South Wales at St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Poulton
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Andrews
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D010553:Personality Development; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D012307:Risk Factors