Abstract: http://www.springer.com/medicine/journal/12160
If one clicks "look inside" one can see two pages, although it's just the introduction.
The 54 references can be seen at: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12160-012-9463-5 - it includes quite a few on CBT and GET: I would guess they are being plugged, esp. given Dedra Buchwald is involved, although not sure there is research connecting personality with CBT and GET.
If one clicks "look inside" one can see two pages, although it's just the introduction.
The 54 references can be seen at: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12160-012-9463-5 - it includes quite a few on CBT and GET: I would guess they are being plugged, esp. given Dedra Buchwald is involved, although not sure there is research connecting personality with CBT and GET.
*I've given each sentence its own paragraphChronic Fatigue and Personality: A Twin Study of Causal Pathways and Shared Liabilities
Annals of Behavioral Medicine
January 2013
Brian Poeschla M.D.,
Eric Strachan Ph.D.,
Elizabeth Dansie Ph.D.,
Dedra S. Buchwald M.D.,
Niloofar Afari Ph.D.
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Abstract*
Background
The etiology of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) remains unknown. Personality traits influence well-being and may play a role in CFS and unexplained chronic fatigue.
Purpose
This study aimed to examine the association of emotional instability and extraversion with chronic fatigue and CFS in a genetically informative sample.
Methods
We evaluated 245 twin pairs for two definitions of chronic fatigue.
They completed the Neuroticism and Extraversion subscales of the NEO Five Factor Inventory.
Using a co-twin control design, we examined the association between personality and chronic fatigue.
Results
Higher emotional instability was associated with both definitions of chronic fatigue and was confounded by shared genetics.
Lower extraversion was also associated with both definitions of fatigue, but was not confounded by familial factors.
Conclusions
Both emotional instability and extraversion are related to chronic fatigue and CFS.
Whereas emotional instability and chronic fatigue are linked by shared genetic mechanisms, the relationship with extraversion may be causal and bidirectional.
Brian Poeschla and Eric Strachan contributed equally to this work.
Author Affiliations
- 1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Box 359911, Seattle, WA, 98104-2499, USA
- 2. Center for Clinical and Epidemiological Research, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- 3. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- 4. Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- 5. VA Center of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA
- 6. Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA