title: Agreement Between Self- and Informant-Reported Ratings of Personality Traits: The Moderating Effects of Major Depressive and/or Panic Disorder.
abstract: Several personality traits are risk factors for psychopathology. As symptoms of psychopathology may influence self-rated personality, informant reports of personality are also sometimes collected. However, little is known about self-informant agreement in individuals with anxiety and/or depression. We investigated whether self-informant agreement on positive and negative affectivity (PA and NA) and anxiety sensitivity differs for individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD) and/or panic disorder (PD; total n = 117). Informant- and self-reported PA was correlated among those with MDD, but not among those without MDD. Informant- and self-reported anxiety sensitivity was correlated among those with PD, but not among those without PD. Informant- and self-reported NA was correlated irrespective of diagnosis. Results indicate that the agreement of self- and informant-reported personality may vary as a function of depression and/or anxiety disorders.
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.
authors.forename: Lynne
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lieberman
authors.forename: Stephanie M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Gorka
authors.forename: Ashley A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Huggins
authors.forename: Andrea C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: Casey
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sarapas
authors.forename: Stewart A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Shankman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015588:Observer Variation; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012044:Regression Analysis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012307:Risk Factors; D057566:Self Report; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult