Neuroticism is a trait in many models within personality theory, but there is significant disagreement on its definition. It is sometimes defined as a tendency for quick ...NeuroticismFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumptonavigationJumptosearchPersonalitytraitinvolvinganxiety,anger,jealousy,guiltordepressionNottobeconfusedwithNeurosis.Inthestudyofpsychology,neuroticismhasbeenconsideredafundamentalpersonalitytrait.Forexample,intheBigFiveapproachtopersonalitytraittheory,individualswithhighscoresforneuroticismaremorelikelythanaveragetobemoodyandtoexperiencesuchfeelingsasanxiety,worry,fear,anger,frustration,envy,jealousy,guilt,depressedmood,andloneliness.[1]Suchpeoplearethoughttorespondworsetostressorsandaremorelikelytointerpretordinarysituations,suchasminorfrustrations,asappearinghopelesslydifficult.Theyaredescribedasoftenbeingself-consciousandshy,andtendingtohavetroublecontrollingurgesanddelayinggratification.Peoplewithhighscoresontheneuroticismindexarethoughttobeatriskofdevelopingcommonmentaldisorders(mooddisorders,anxietydisorders,andsubstanceusedisordershavebeenstudied),[2][3]andthesortsofsymptomstraditionallyreferredtoas"neuroses".[4]Contents1Definition2Measurement3Mentaldisordercorrelations3.1Mooddisorders3.2Personalitydisorders4Theoriesofcausation4.1Mental-noisehypothesis4.2Evolutionarypsychology4.3Terrormanagementtheory4.4Geneticandenvironmentalfactors5Age,sexandgeographicpatterns6Seealso7ReferencesDefinition[edit]Neuroticismisatraitinmanymodelswithinpersonalitytheory,butthereissignificantdisagreementonitsdefinition.Itissometimesdefinedasatendencyforquickarousalwhenstimulatedandslowrelaxationfromarousal,especiallywithregardtonegativeemotionalarousal.Anotherdefinitionfocusesonemotionalinstabilityandnegativityormaladjustment,incontrasttoemotionalstabilityandpositivity,orgoodadjustment.Ithasalsobeendefinedintermsoflackofself-control,poorabilitytomanagepsychologicalstress,andatendencytocomplain.[5]Variouspersonalitytestsproducenumericalscores,andthesescoresaremapp