Document Type
Article
Publication Date
November 2008
Journal or Book Title
Personality and Mental Health
Volume
2
Issue
4
Abstract
Recent theory and research suggest a relation between five-factor model personality traits and mental health treatment utilization, even after controlling for psychiatric disorders and global functioning. The current report further tests this hypothesis in a large clinical sample, using a wider array of treatment modalities than has been previously studied. Overall, results were limited and inconsistent. Although neuroticism was related to utilization across treatment modalities, many of these relationships resulted from its association with psychiatric diagnoses. Other traits showed limited and inconsistent relations to the use of psychosocial and psychiatric treatments.
Recommended Citation
Hopwood, C. J., Quigley, B. D., Grilo, C. M., Sanislow, C. A., McGlashan, T. H., Yen, S., Shea, M. T., Zanarini, M.C., Gunderson, J. G., Skodol, A. E., Markowitz, J. C., & Morey, L. C. (2008). Personality traits and mental health treatment utilization. Personality and Mental Health, 2(4), 207-217.
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