Parents with
high neuroticism scores were characterized by low psychosocial functioning, poor parenting, more dependent stressful life events, and the use of more emotion - focused and less task - oriented coping skills.
High neuroticism scores are related to reduced psychosocial wellbeing, psychological adjustment and quality of life in patients with IBD [81] or higher depression and anxiety vulnerability.
Nurmi and von Wright [25] have already noticed that noise during learning impaired the subsequent recall performance of children with
high neuroticism scores and with high score on state - anxiety.
However, Lawrence and Fauerbach's study found that individuals with
higher neuroticism scores exhibited more PTSD symptoms.36
Not exact matches
Those who
scored lower on
neuroticism and
higher on extraversion, conscientiousness, and openness had a slower decline in walking speed compared to their counterparts,» reports Medical Daily.
While previous research has shown that artists and creatives in advertising agencies
score significantly
higher on
neuroticism than the general public, more research is needed to make the connection explicit.
For example, individuals who
score high in
neuroticism on a self - reported personality assessments are more likely to use words like sadness, loneliness, fear and pain.
His results might seem strange, but Larsson notes that earlier studies have tenuously linked darker eyes to
higher scores on extroversion,
neuroticism, and sociability, although the effects seem to fade after early childhood.
We predicted that MP's behavioral effects in marijuana abusers would be attenuated, consistent with preclinical findings (30), and that decreased DA reactivity in ventral striatum would be associated with
higher scores in negative emotionality (
neuroticism), which mediates genetic risk for marijuana dependence (31), and with addiction severity.
So far, McGarvey's findings indicate that people who are more mindful
score higher on emotional intelligence and
score lower on
neuroticism.
But according to Psychology Today author Marina Krakovsky, «though maximizers are more likely to be perfectionists, on average maximizers are only slightly more conscientious than the rest of us... [I] nstead, the Big Five personality trait they
score highest on is
neuroticism.»
For example, personalities that have received
high scores for «
neuroticism» are believed to be generally fearful, so a pro-gun pitch to them would emphasize the use of firearms for personal safety and might include a picture of a burglar breaking in to a home.
Calm was reverse coded, and all items were averaged so that
higher scores represent greater
neuroticism.
Individuals who were younger, who
scored higher on
neuroticism, who were women, who were unmarried, and who reported more frequent contact reported greater negative relationship quality.
On the other hand,
scoring higher in
neuroticism, having lower self - rated health, and reporting more frequent contact are associated with greater negative quality relations (Akiyama, Antonucci, Takahashi, & Langfahl, 2003; Birditt, Rott et al., 2009; Fingerman et al., 2006).
In one study, researchers found that people who reported a preference for texting over voice calling tended to
score higher on a measure of extroversion (meaning, they were more outgoing and sociable), and a measure of
neuroticism (meaning, they were more emotionally unstable).3 Another study showed that those who preferred texting over voice calls
scored lower on a measure of loneliness, whereas very lonely people preferred texting more as a «last resort» option.4
Early studies found EPQ - RSC to have
high reliability and validity as a measure of personality traits in China.47 48 The total
score for the extraversion subscale indicates introversion when it is less than 43.3, intermediate when it is from 43.3 to 56.7 «and extraversion when it is greater than 56.7.48 For the psychoticism subscale, tough - minded is defined as a total
score greater than 56.7, intermediate is defined as a total
score between 43.3 and 56.7 «and mild is defined as a total
score less than 43.3.48 For the
neuroticism subscale, a total
score of less than 43.3 defines emotional stability, whereas a total
score from 43.3 to 56.7 defines intermediate «and a total
score greater than 56.7 defines emotional instability.48 For the lie subscale, a total
score of 60 or greater indicates that information provided by the respondent might be unreliable.48 In this study, Cronbach's α for EPQ - RSC was 0.903.
With respect to personality dimensions, on average, children produced
higher scores on Extraversion, Conscientiousness, Agreeableness and Openness / Intellect scales (reflecting a tendency to avoid endorsement of the «Not True» response), and lower
scores on
Neuroticism, relative to the scale range of each construct.
For instance, in adolescents with a resilient personality structure (low
scores in
neuroticism, medium to
high scores in extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness) the «classical» relation between sensation seeking and marijuana use is... not valid.
The teamwork related mental model for people
scoring high on
neuroticism seems to fall below their original expectations independent of the level of relationship conflict experienced (see the regression slope in Figure 2).
One alternative explanation is that the group members
scoring high on
neuroticism are less likely to express their anger while being engaged in relationship conflict and this could prevent the further escalation of relationship conflict.
For a person
scoring high on
neuroticism, intense, and emotionally laden interpersonal conflicts bear a different significance than for a person
scoring low on
neuroticism.