ERIC Number: EJ742282
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Publication Date: 2006-Mar
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Assessing and Interpreting Personality Change and Continuity in Patients Treated for Major Depression
De Fruyt, Filip; Van Leeuwen, Karla; Bagby, R. Michael; Rolland, Jean-Pierre; Rouillon, Frederic
Psychological Assessment, v18 n1 p71-80 Mar 2006
Structural, mean- and individual-level, differential, and positive personality continuity were examined in 599 patients treated for major depression assigned to 1 of 6 forms of a 6-month pharmacy-psychotherapy program. Covariation among traits from the Five Factor model remained invariant across treatment, and patients described themselves as slightly more extroverted, open to experience, agreeable and conscientious, and substantially more emotional stable after treatment. Trait changes were only to a small extent explained by changes in depression severity. There was evidence for differential, individual-level, and positive stability, with stable personality profiles in terms of shape and to a lesser extent in terms of scatter and elevation. Traits remain relatively stable, except for emotional stability, despite the depressive state and the psycho pharmacological interventions.
Descriptors: Personality Change, Patients, Depression (Psychology), Drug Use, Psychotherapy, Personality Traits, Severity (of Disability), Intervention, Personality Measures, Individual Differences
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Language: English
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