title: Personality correlates of hopelessness in depressed inpatients 50 years of age and older.
abstract: In this study we examined the relationship between scores on the Beck Hopelessness Scale and the personality traits that constitute the Five-Factor Model in a sample of 77 depressed inpatients, 50 years of age and older. Multiple regression analyses showed that Hopelessness is related to low Extraversion domain scores, and to specific facets of both Extraversion (low positive emotions) and Neuroticism (low self-consciousness, high impulsiveness). Efforts to tie Hopelessness with the motivational, affective, and interpersonal constructs subsumed under Extraversion are warranted.
authors.affiliation: Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide, Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, NY 14642, USA.
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Duberstein
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Conner
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Conwell
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cox
mesh_terms: D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D005120:Extraversion, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009042:Motivation; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology