This article reports on the findings of a study that investigated pers
onality correlates of depression and anxiety among Spanish children. A
total of 423 adolescents (aged 11-15)were administered the State-Trai
t Anxiety Inventory Children (STAIC), the Child Depression Inventory (
CDI), the Escala de Evaluacion de la Depresion (EED), and the Eysenck
Personality Questionnaire-Junior (EPQ-J). The results revealed a signi
ficant positive relationship among Neuroticism, Anxiety and depression
and a negative correlation between Extraversion and depression. The N
euroticism level had a stronger relationship to social class, and depr
ession to gender. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.