ANXIETY, DEPRESSION AND PERSONALITY STRUCTURE

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.