Chunk #52 — PERSONALITY TRAIT DIMENSIONS — The Five-Factor Model — Evidence bearing on causal models — Twin studies

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Personality and depression: explanatory models and review of the evidence.

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As discussed above, a valuable approach to testing the common cause, continuum/spectrum, and precursor models is through twin studies. These studies indicate that there are substantial associations between the liabilities for N/NE and MDD, but only weak associations between the genetic liabilities for E/PE and MDD (Fanous et al. 2007; Kendler et al. 1993, 2006).