Anxiety and mood (대한불안의학회지)

Korean Academy of Anxiety Disorders (대한불안의학회)
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Relationship Between Personality Traits and Anxiety Disorders

성격특성과 불안장애의 관계

  • Park, Su-Bin (Department of Psychiatry, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center) ;
  • Hong, Jin-Pyo (Department of Psychiatry, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center)
  • 박수빈 (울산대학교 의과대학 서울아산병원 정신과학교실) ;
  • 홍진표 (울산대학교 의과대학 서울아산병원 정신과학교실)
  • Received : 2009.04.09
  • Accepted : 2009.04.10
  • Published : 2009.04.30
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Abstract

In this article, we review research on how normal personality traits and personality disorder traits may relate to anxiety disorders ; as predisposing factors, 2) as complications, 3) as pathoplastic factors, and 4) as manifestations of common underlying etiologies. Based on current literatures, we draw a conclusion as follows : 1) Normal personality traits such as high neuroticism and low extraversion and personality disorder traits, especially cluster C traits, are at least risk factors for certain anxiety disorders ; 2) Anxiety disorders in early life might influence a later development of personality disorder ; 3) Personality disorder traits may have negative influence on the outcome of anxiety disorders ; 4) Personality and anxiety disorders may be manifestations of common genetic and environmental etiologies.

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