title: Neuroticism and negative affect measures as predictors of psychological distress.
abstract: In a year-long study, 106 students (78 women and 28 men, mean age 29 yr.) completed both a self-report Neuroticism and Extroversion inventory and a self-report positive and negative affect checklist at the beginning of an academic year. At the end of the academic year, prior to final examinations, they completed a self-rating scale for depression. The Neuroticism score was the only significant independent predictor of students' end-of-year levels of psychological distress.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McLennan
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Buchanan
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Bates
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005120:Extraversion, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results