Neuroticism developmental courses - implications for depression, anxiety and everyday emotional experience; a prospective study from adolescence to young adulthood

Table 1 Constructs, measures and measurement mode for the three measurement points

	Measure	Mode	Transformation
Neuroticism
T₀
• age < 16	harm avoidance scale of the J-TCI	self-report	scale 1 to 5
• age ≥ 16	NEO-FFI	self-report	-
T₁	NEO-PI-R (only corresponding FFI-Items)	self-report	-
T₂	NEO-FFI	self-report	-
Subsyndromal psychopathology
T₀	YSR total score	self-report	scale 1 to 5
T₁	SCL-90-R: GSI	self-report	scale 1 to 5
T₂	BSI: GSI	self-report	scale 1 to 5
Diagnoses of depression and anxiety disorders
T_{0 lifetime}
• age < 16	children version of the DIPS	structured clinical interview
• age ≥ 16	DIA-X	standardized clinical interview
T₁ _lifetime	DIA-X	standardized clinical interview
T_{2 current} & _lifetime	DIA-X	standardized clinical interview
Emotions in everyday life
T₂	ecological momentary assessment	phone-based self-report

Notes. J-TCI: Junior Temperament and Character Inventory; NEO-FFI: NEO Five Factor Inventory; NEO-PI-R: NEO Personality Inventory Revised; YSR: Youth Self Report; SCL-90-R: Symptom Checklist 90 Revised; GSI: Global Severity Index; BSI: Brief Symptom Inventory; DIPS: Diagnostic Interview for Mental Disorders.

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