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Modifiability of Neuroticism, Extraversion, and Agreeableness by Group Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2012

Krystyna Glinski  and
Andrew C. Page
Krystyna Glinski
Affiliation:
The University of Western Australia, Australia.
Andrew C. Page*
Affiliation:
The University of Western Australia, Australia. [email protected]
*
*Address for correspondence: Andrew Page PhD, School of Psychology, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Australia.
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Abstract

The study investigated if the degree of personality pathology among people with clinical levels of social anxiety disorder was similar to those with personality disorders more generally, if the degree of avoidant personality pathology was correlated positively with Neuroticism and negatively with Extraversion and facets of Agreeableness (particularly Trust), and finally if scores on the relevant personality dimensions improve from pre- to post-treatment. Changes in Neuroticism, Extraversion, and Agreeableness were examined following group treatment for social anxiety disorder. The current study employed a within-subjects repeated-measures design (N = 25) to investigate whether these traits can be changed by group treatment for social anxiety disorder. A measure of personality disorder pathology was found to correlate positively with Neuroticism and negatively with Agreeableness in the absence of significant relationships with other Five-Factor Model traits. Treatment was associated with significant reductions in Neuroticism and there was significant improvement of the Trust facet of Agreeableness. These results are discussed in terms of the way that group treatment for Social Anxiety Disorder may be enhanced.

Keywords

social phobiapersonality disordersFive Factors modelneuroticismagreeablenessavoidant personality disorder
Type
Standard Papers
Information
Behaviour Change , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , 01 April 2010 , pp. 42 - 52
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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