ArticleEuropean journal of investigation in health, psychology and education2026
Personality Traits, Affective Distress, and Addictive Behaviors in Patients with Neurotic Disorders: A Mediation Analysis.
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- Dark Tetrad Traits and Suicidal Ideation in Psychiatric Patients: The Role of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Patient Satisfaction with Nursing Care Quality: Sociodemographic, Hospitalization, and Personality Factors.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2026Article
- Smoking behavior and nicotine dependence: the predictive role of personality traits.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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Abstract
This study investigated an integrative mediation model examining whether anxiety and depression mediate the relationship between the Big Five personality traits and the severity of alcohol and nicotine dependence among psychiatric patients with neurotic disorders (ICD-10 codes F40-F48). A cross-sectional design was conducted on a clinical sample of 232 patients (57.3 female; mean age = 48.58, SD = 10.77) using standardized instruments: Big Five Inventory (BFI-44), Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND), Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST), and Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21). Data were analyzed using MLR mediation modeling. The model explained 32.6 of the variance in nicotine dependence and 27.1 in alcohol dependence. Results revealed a pattern of complete mediation: neuroticism had no direct effect on addiction but influenced alcohol dependence exclusively through anxiety (
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