neuroticism

Change in neuroticism tied to mortality rates, researcher says

April 16th, 2007 2007

PERLS: Some of the things that they have in common that absolutely add years instead of subtracting those years would be that they tend to have a personality where they're low in one domain of personality testing called neuroticism, meaning that they have these personalities where they're happy go lucky.

CNN Transcript Feb 21, 2005 2005

PERLS: Well some of the things that they have in common that actually add years instead of subtracting those years would be that they tend to have a personality where they're low in one domain of personality testing called neuroticism, meaning that they have these personalities where they're happy-go-lucky, they have a good sense of humor, they're optimistic.

CNN Transcript Nov 17, 2004 2004

Interestingly, although people with varying levels of some personality traits, such as neuroticism, agreeableness and conscientiousness, intermarry at a seemingly random rate, high-sensation seekers - as well as those on the low end of the sensation-seeking scale - tend to pick similarly arousable people as mates.

Evolutionary psychology explores ancient and newer roots of instinctual fears Arthur Allen 2010

Interestingly, although people with varying levels of some personality traits, such as neuroticism, agreeableness and conscientiousness, intermarry at a seemingly random rate, high-sensation seekers - as well as those on the low end of the sensation-seeking scale - tend to pick similarly arousable people as mates.

Evolutionary psychology explores ancient and newer roots of instinctual fears Arthur Allen 2010

This may cause a hysterical fit that turns into physical symptoms such as neuroticism, panic

Yemen Observer 2010

The study of people who took GlaxoSmithKline's Paxil, known generically as paroxetine, suggests the drug may treat factors such as neuroticism that make a person more likely to be depressed in the first place.

China Post Online - Taiwan , News , Taiwan newspaper 2009

For instance, guess which states are the highest-scoring states in 'neuroticism'.

Vanishing American 2008

Taking my own highly scientific survey of my immediate cluster of video gaming family members, I come up with an average age of 34.8, about 60% of whom are at least moderately overweight and 80% of whom are pretty well off their rockers (although scoring higher in the study's "neuroticism" and "psychoticism" demographics than we do with "depression" -- but with .2 years still to go, there is still a chance we will make it).

Jared Gardner: Video Gamers at the End of History 2009

Assessing personality measures such as neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness [

Journal of Medical Internet Research 2008