Depression facet of the Neuroticism domain. Clinical depression and depression symptoms have been repeatedly associated with cardiac and all cause mortality (41, 59–61). Objectivity, the other GZTS scale associated with Neuroticism and in particular with the Self-Consciousness facet of the NEO-PI-R, showed a weaker effect that did not reach statistical significance: Future research should differentiate among the facets of N as predictors of mortality.
