To determine whether the observed personality links are specific to depression, Kotov et al. (2010) also examined personality profiles of anxiety disorders. They found that with the exception of specific phobia, which had relatively weak associations with all five traits, all anxiety disorders showed stronger effects on N/NE, E/PE, and conscientiousness (average d =1.91, −1.05, −1.02, respectively) than did MDD. Several also scored above dysthymic disorder on N/NE. Dysthymia had stronger associations than anxiety disorders on the other two traits, but the differences were slight.
