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Depressive vulnerability in women with Alzheimer's disease: Relationship with personality traits and abnormal personality dimensions
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Background: This study sought to determine the evaluation of current and pre-morbid depressive vulnerability
dimensions in Alzheimer's disease. Sidney Blatt´s personality developmental perspective, the Five-Factor model
and Axis II personality disorders were taken as references.
Methods: The study was conducted with two groups which were assessed using the Depressive Experiences
Questionnaire, the NEO-FFI and the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-4+, in the form of individual interview sessions. Current personality measure: Alzheimer's disease Group, consisting of 44 female participants (M
Age= 81.36 years); Pre-morbid personality measure: Alzheimer's disease Group Informants (n = 40).
Results: Self-Criticism personality vulnerability is a general indicator of psychopathology. In pre-morbidity,
Neuroticism (β = 0.41), Agreeableness (β = −0.63) and Conscientiousness (β = -0.08) predicted Self-Criticism,
explaining 64% of the variance; additionally, Self-Criticism (β = 0.72) and Neediness (β = 2.05) predicted the
PDQ-4+ total, explaining 58% of the variance. In terms of current personality, the PDQ-4+ total was predicted
by Self-Criticism (β = 0.55), explaining 30% of the variance.
Limitations: The small size of the samples, especially since it is difficult to access individuals diagnosed with AD
at the onset or in its early stages; measuring personality changes by means of retrospective assessment by proxies
may have introduced some memory bias.
Conclusions: These findings are relevant to research relating depressive vulnerability to personality traits and
psychopathology in Alzheimer's disease.
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Alzheimer's disease Personality Five-factor model Psychopathology Depressive vulnerability Psychodynamic
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Henriques-Calado, J., Duarte-Silva, M. E., & Ferreira, A. S. (2018). Depressive vulnerability in women with Alzheimer's disease: Relationship with personality traits and abnormal personality dimensions. Journal of affective disorders, 241, 182-191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2018.08.004
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Elsevier