title: An overview of depression-prone personality traits and the role of interpersonal sensitivity.
abstract: A number of personality styles have been proposed as vulnerability traits to depression. In this paper methodological problems associated with identifying such traits are discussed. These include state effects contaminating personality scales and the issue of depressive heterogeneity. Potential depression-prone personality traits are then discussed, including obsessionality, neuroticism, dependency and cognitive dysfunction. High interpersonal sensitivity as a risk factor to depression is then discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney, New South Wales.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boyce
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mason
mesh_terms: D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012307:Risk Factors