The General Health Questionnaire and Eysenck's three-dimensional model of personality

Psychol Rep. 2005 Aug;97(1):288-90. doi: 10.2466/pr0.97.1.288-290.

Abstract

A sample of 115 men and women between the ages of 20 and 60 completed the 30-item General Health Questionnaire together with the short-form Revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. The data indicate psychological distress so assessed is correlated .43 (p <.001) with Neuroticism and -.26 (p <.01) with Introversion but is unrelated to Psychoticism scores.

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Psychological
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Models, Psychological*
  • Neurotic Disorders / diagnosis
  • Neurotic Disorders / psychology
  • Personality Inventory / statistics & numerical data*
  • Psychometrics / statistics & numerical data
  • Psychotic Disorders / diagnosis
  • Psychotic Disorders / psychology
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Stress, Psychological / complications
  • Surveys and Questionnaires*