disorders. Weinstock and Whisman (2006) found that individuals with comorbid mood and anxiety disorders scored higher on neuroticism than those individuals with either a mood or an anxiety disorder alone. In turn, individuals with either a mood or anxiety disorder scored higher on neuroticism than individuals with neither disorder. Kotov, Watson, Robles, and Schmidt (2007) examined neuroticism and other traits as they relate to anxiety symptoms; they found that neuroticism was associated with symptoms of social phobia, obsessive compulsive disorder, panic disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder. Krueger, McGue, and Iacono (2001) also found an association between negative emotionality and internalizing psychopathology (in this study, internalizing psychopathology included major depression, panic disorder, social phobia, and specific phobia). Thus, several studies demonstrate a relationship between neuroticism and mood and anxiety disorders.
