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                                                                         Personality and Individual Differences 94 (2016) 38–43
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                                                            Personality and Individual Differences
                                                              journalhomepage:www.elsevier.com/locate/paid
            Fromneuroticismtoanxiety: Examininguniquecontributions of three
            transdiagnostic vulnerability factors
                                     a                                    a                          b                      a,
            Daniel J. Paulus ,SalomeVanwoerden ,PeterJ.Norton ,CarlaSharp ⁎
            a University of Houston, Department of Psychology, Houston, TX, USA
            b MonashUniversity, School of Psychological Sciences, Clayton, VIC, Australia
            article info                                           abstract
            Article history:                                       Neuroticism has been implicated in many forms of psychopathology. Additional transdiagnostic factors such as
            Received 9 October 2015                                shame,psychologicalinflexibility, and emotion dysregulation may explainthe association betweenneuroticism
            Received in revised form 17 December 2015              andanxiety.Whilepastworkhas,tosomedegree,evaluatedthesefactorsthatcutacrossdiagnosticcategories,
            Accepted7January2016                                   no study has evaluated them jointly to examine unique explanatory value over and above shared variance
            Available online xxxx                                  and/orgeneraldistress.Theindirecteffectsofneuroticismviathreetransdiagnosticfactors(shame,psychological
            Keywords:                                              inflexibility, and emotion dysregulation) on anxiety symptoms were evaluated among 97 inpatient adolescents
            Neuroticism                                            (63.9%female;Mage15.23;SD=1.43)usingthreeseparatemeasuresofanxiety(twoself-reportandonediag-
            Anxiety                                                nosticsymptomcount)aswellasacompositeanxietyseverityoutcomevariablecomprisedofallthreemeasures.
            Transdiagnostic                                        Asexpected,neuroticismwassignificantly associatedwith anxiety symptoms and all three transdiagnostic fac-
            Shame                                                  tors. Neuroticism via shame was the only significant indirect effect and was present in all models. The indirect
            Emotionregulation                                      effects were of medium size. Competing models testing alternative pathways were rejected, adding confidence
            Psychological flexibility                               to the significant findings of neuroticism via shame. Data were cross-sectional. For adolescent anxiety, shame
                                                                   maybeparticularlyimportant.Futureinterventionworkcanexamineeffectsoftargetingshameamongadoles-
                                                                   cents with high neuroticism and/or anxiety.
                                                                                                                                                 ©2016ElsevierLtd.Allrights reserved.
            1. Introduction                                                                               Shamehasbeendescribedasariskfactor for the development of
                                                                                                      psychological symptoms such as anxiety (e.g., Lewis, 1971), though,
                Amongadolescents, anxiety disorders are the most common psy-                          untilrecently,empiricalstudieshavebeenlimitedduetolackofreliable
            chological problems (Kessler et al., 2012). Adolescent anxiety persists,                  measures of shame (Rizvi, 2010). Shame has been labeled as a self-
            predicting later symptomatology in adulthood (Olino, Klein,                               conscious emotion that emerges when flaws of the self are revealed to
            Lewinsohn, Rohde, & Seeley, 2010). One underlying factor that is                          others (Dearing, Stuewig, & Tangney, 2005). It is associated with a
            strongly associated with anxiety is neuroticism (for review, see;                         range of emotional disorders (Tantam, 1998), correlating significantly
            Kotov, Gamez,Schmidt, & Watson,2010), a personality factor that cor-                      with neuroticism (Woien, Heidi, Patock-Peckham, & Nagoshi, 2003)
            responds to and predisposes individuals to experience negative affect                     and anxiety (Fergus, Valentiner, McGrath, & Jencius, 2010) in adults.
            (Watson, Clark, & Tellegen, 1988). Neuroticism has been reliably                          However, there is a dearth of research examining such associations
            studied among youth (Hink et al., 2013), with studies demonstrating                       amongadolescents. Developmentally, this is a crucial period of study
            continuity between youth and adult neuroticism (Caspi & Roberts,                          asithasbeensuggestedthat,althoughshameispresentearlierinchild-
            2001).Neuroticism, though, is a broad factor implicated in the etiology                   hood,levels of shamemayincreaseduringadolescence(Reimer,1996)
            of manyotherformsofpsychopathology(e.g.,Widiger,Verheul, & van                            andtakeonmaladaptiveforms(Szentágotai-Tătaretal.,2015).Todate,
            denBrink, 2009). Thus, additional, more specific, risk factors should be                   nostudyhasevaluatedshameasapotentialexplanatoryfactorunderly-
            identified and examined. The notion of considering both general and                        ing the association of neuroticism and anxiety among any age group.
            specific risk factors is in line with Barlow's (2004) triple vulnerability                     Inadditiontoshame,psychologicalflexibilityisanotherrelevantfac-
            model, which states that the development of anxiety results from                          tortoconsiderwithregardtoneuroticismandanxiety.Itisabroadterm
            general genetic, general psychological, and disorder-specific (or semi-                    conceptualized as an “ability to contact the present moment” and “to
            specifice.g.,Taylor, 1998)factors.                                                         change or persist in behavior when doing so serves valued ends”
                                                                                                      (Hayes,Luoma,Bond,Masuda,&Lillis,2006).Defi
                                                                                                                                                                  cits in exhibiting psy-
              ⁎ Corresponding author at: The University of Houston, Department of Psychology, 126     chological flexibility (psychological inflexibility) has been associated
            HeyneBuilding,Suite 104, Houston, TX77204, USA.                                           withhigher rates of anxiety in adults and children, and is considered a
                E-mail address: csharp2@central.uh.edu (C. Sharp).                                    risk factor for the development of a range of mental health issues
            http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.01.012
            0191-8869/©2016ElsevierLtd.All rights reserved.
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                 (Fergus et al., 2012). Psychological inflexibility is associated with neu-                            inpatient youth. The current data were collected from 2012 to 2015.
                 roticism (Latzman & Masuda, 2013), and is a significant predictor of                                  Participants were recruited from an inpatient psychiatric unit that
                 anxiety (Boelen & Reijntjes, 2008), over and above neuroticism.                                      serves individuals with severe behavioral and emotional disorders
                     Oneadditional variable of interest is emotion regulation. Emotion                                who have not responded to previous interventions. Length of stay
                 regulation is a broad term, whose definition is contentiously discussed                               ranged from15to86days(M=37.81,SD=12.45).Inclusioncriteria
                 (Bloch, Moran, & Kring, 2010). Generally, emotion regulation encom-                                  wassufficient proficiency in English to consent to research and com-
                 passes processes that influence expression of emotional responses                                     pletethenecessaryassessments,andexclusioncriteriawereadiagnosis
                 thataredevelopedovertime(Gross,2014).Theinabilitytoappropriate-                                      of schizophrenia or another psychotic disorder, an autism spectrum di-
                 lyregulateemotionhasbeendescribedasemotiondysregulation(Bloch                                        agnosis,oranIQoflessthan70.185consecutiveadmissionstothehos-
                 et al., 2010) and is considered to be transdiagnostic, common to many                                pital were approachedforconsent,16declinedparticipation,1revoked
                 formsofpsychopathology(Werner&Gross,2010).Further,measures                                           consent, and 16 were excluded on the basis of the aforementioned
                 of the construct explain additional variance in anxiety symptoms, not                                criteria. Additionally, 55 participants were excluded due to missing
                 accounted for by other general factors (Cisler, Olatunji, Feldner, &                                 data on one or more measures of interest. Therefore, the final sample
                 Forsyth,2009),thoughithasnotbeenexaminedasamechanismunder-                                           consisted of 97 adolescents (ages 12–17; Mage 15.23; SD = 1.43), in-
                 lying the link between neuroticism and anxiety.                                                      cluding 63.9% females, and had the following ethnic breakdown: 77.3%
                     Thecurrentstudyexploredtherelationshipofthreefactors(shame,                                      White, 7.2% Hispanic, 2.1% Asian, and 13.4% mixed or other. Based on
                 psychological inflexibility, and emotion dysregulation) as potential                                  DSM-IVcriteria,74.4%werediagnosedwithmajordepressivedisorder,
                 mechanisms underlying the association between neuroticism and                                        26.7%ADHD,26.7%socialphobia,28.9%obsessivecompulsivedisorder,
                 anxiety (see Fig. 1), with multiple indices of anxiety as an outcome.                                23.3%generalizedanxietydisorder,16.7%oppositionaldefiantdisorder,
                 Importantly, these three factors have been widely considered to be                                   17.8%panic disorder, 14.4% agoraphobia, 15.6% separation anxiety dis-
                 transdiagnostic (i.e., cutting across diagnostic categories) though we                               order, 9% anorexia, 8.9% post-traumatic stress disorder, 2.2% bulimia,
                 are unaware of any published research examining their associations                                   15.6% conduct disorder, and 4.4% bipolar at admission. Additionally,
                 with anxiety in the same model/study. While evaluating such factors                                  74.2%self-endorsed anxiety as a reason for their hospitalization.
                 in isolation mayhelptoidentifyfeaturesassociatedwithpsychopathol-                                        The study was approved by the appropriate institutional review
                 ogy, it says little about the utility of constructs over and above other                             board. All adolescents admitted to an inpatient psychiatric unit were
                 established ones. This study aimed to concurrently evaluate these                                    approachedonthedayofadmissionaboutparticipation.Informedcon-
                 three, well-established, factors to determine statistical significance                                sent was provided by parents first, and if granted, assent from adoles-
                 over and above effects of one another. Moreover, to date, no study has                               cents was obtained. Adolescents were collectively assessed by
                 evaluatedthesefactors,individually,orconcurrently,asindirectexplan-                                  doctoral-level clinical psychology students and/or trained clinical re-
                 atory variables underlyingthelinkbetweenneuroticismandanxietyin                                      search assistants. The assessments were conducted independently and
                 adolescents. We hypothesized that each of these three factors would                                  in private within the first two weeks following admission.
                 represent distinct, though related, constructs and that each factor
                 would,uniquely,explaintheassociationbetweenneuroticismandanx-
                 iety, over and above their shared variance.                                                          2.1. The computerized diagnostic interview schedule for children (C-DISC)
                 2. Method                                                                                                TheC-DISC(Shaffer,Fisher,Lucas,Dulcan,&Schwab-Stone,2000)is
                                                                                                                      a structured computer-assisted diagnostic interview used to assess
                     Datafrom97adolescentswereavailablefor the current study, col-                                    DSM-IV Axis I psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. The
                 lected as part of a larger research study evaluating emotions among                                  numberofsymptomsforeachanxietydisorderthatwereendorsedon
                                                                                                      Fig. 1. Proposed model.
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          the C-DISC was used as a composite index of anxiety severity (C-DISC-     2.6. Avoidance and Fusion Questionnaire for Youth (AFQ-Y)
          ANX),oneoftheoutcomevariablesinthisstudy.
                                                                                       TheAFQ-Y(Greco,Lambert, &Baer, 2008) is a 17-item self-report
          2.2. Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC)                   measureassessing psychological inflexibility. Responses are scored on
                                                                                    a 5-point Likert scale from 0 (not at all true) to 4 (very true). The
             TheMASC(March,Parker,Sullivan, Stallings, & Conners, 1997)isa          AFQ-Yhasdemonstratedadequatereliabilityandvalidityinadolescent
          transdiagnostic self-report measure of anxiety, containing 39 items,      samples (Greco et al., 2008). Internal consistency in this sample was
          which are rated on a 4-point Likert scale from 0 (never true) to 3        good (α=.88).
          (often true). It demonstrates good concurrent and predictive validity
          (Marchetal., 1997). MASC scores in this study had excellent internal      2.7. Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS)
          consistency (α =0.93).
                                                                                       The DERS (Gratz & Roemer, 2004) is a 36-item multidimensional
          2.3. Youth self-report-anxiety problems (YSR)                             self-report measure. Items are scored on a 5-point Likert scale from 1
                                                                                    (almost never [0–10%]) to 5 (almost always [91–100%]), with higher
             TheYSR(Achenbach,1991)isabroad-bandmeasureofpsychopa-                  scores indicating greater difficulties in emotion regulation. The DERS
          thology. The measure contains 112 problem items, each scored on a         hasdemonstratedadequatereliabilityandvalidityinacommunitysam-
          3-point Likert scale (0 = not true, 1 = somewhat or sometimes true,       ple of adolescents (Neumann, van Lier, Gratz, & Koot, 2010). Internal
          or 2 = very or often true) and converted to t scores. The anxiety prob-   consistency for this sample was excellent (α =0.94).
          lemsubscale (YSR-ANX)hasbeenshowntopredictthepresenceofan                    Analyses were conducted using the PROCESS macro for SPSS v.20
          anxiety disorder in adolescents (Ferdinand, 2008). The affective prob-    (Hayes, 2012). Bootstrapping with 10,000 re-samples was performed
          lemsubscale(YSR-AFF)correspondstoDSM-IVsymptomsofmajorde-                 to obtain95%confidenceintervalsforthespecificindirecteffects.Effect
                                                                                           2
          pressive disorder and dysthymia (Ferdinand, 2008). The externalizing      sizes (Κ ) were calculated for the specific indirect effects, (Preacher &
          scale (YSR-EXT) is a superordinate factor representing conflict with       Kelley,2011).UsingAMOSforSPSS20(Arbuckle,2011),acompositela-
          others and with others' expectations for behavior.                        tent variable (C-DISC-ANX) was created; this standardized value was
                                                                                    imputed from the six variables indexing the number of diagnostic
          2.4. Big Five Inventory, Neuroticism (BFI-N)                              symptomsendorsedforeachanxietydisorder(panicdisorder,agora-
                                                                                    phobia, social anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, specific
             The BFI (John, Donahue, & Kentle, 1991) is a 44-item self-report       phobia, and separation anxiety disorder), which was as a dependent
          questionnaire assessing the Big Five personality dimensions. The BFI-N    variable. Additionally, a total composite ‘anxiety severity’ variable
          is made up of 8 phrases, which are rated on a 5-point Likert scale from   (ANX-TOT)wascreatedusingtheaforementionedsixsymptomcount
          1 (Disagree Strongly) to 5 (Agree Strongly). All scales have been         variables, theMASC,andtheYSR-ANXasindicators.Theassociationbe-
          deemed reliable with a clear factor structure as well as convergent       tweenneuroticism and anxiety with three indirect explanatory vari-
          and discriminant validity (Benet-Martínez & John, 1998; John &            ables (shame, psychological inflexibility, and emotion dysregulation)
          Srivastava, 1999) and have been used in past studies with adolescents     wastestedwiththreeseparateindicesofanxiety (MASC, YSR-ANX,C-
          (Marks, Hine, Blore, & Phillips, 2008). BFI-N internal consistency was    DISC-ANX)aswellasthecompositeoutcome(ANX-TOT).
          goodinthis sample (α =0.84).
                                                                                    3. Results
          2.5. The Test of Self-Conscious Affect — Adolescent Version (TOSCA)
                                                                                       Nooutlierswerediscovered,asdistributionsapproximatednormal-
             The TOSCA (Tangney, Wagner, Gavlas, & Gramazow, 1991)isa               ity with all total score values demonstrating acceptable values of skew-
          15-item self-report measure assessing global shame-proneness in ado-      ness and kurtosis (b|1.40|). There was no indication of collinearity
          lescentsandconsistsofvarioussocialscenariosofpositiveandnegative          amongthedirectandindirectpredictors.Meansandstandarddeviation
          valences to which participants must imagine their likely reaction. For    are provided in Table 1. The total (path c) and direct (path cʹ) effects of
          each scenario, participants rate how likely they would be to respond      BFI-NoneachoutcomearepresentedinTable2.
          in a given manner on a scale of 1 (not at all likely) to 5 (very likely).    For all models tested, there were significant specific indirect effects
          Responses are summed to a total shame-proneness scale (TOSCA-S).          (patha∗b)ofBFI-NviaTOSCA-S(β'sbetween.07–.11;seeTable3);ef-
                                                                                               2 between .06–.12) were mediuminsize. Indirecteffects of
          All TOSCAsubscaleshavedemonstratedgoodreliabilityandconvergent            fect sizes (Κ
          validity with measures of psychopathology (Tangney & Dearing, 2002)       BFI-N via DERS and AFQ-Y, respectively, were non-significant in all
          amonghealthy adolescents. Internal consistency of the TOSCA-S was         models. Totestthespecificityof theindirect effects, competing models
          excellent in this sample (α =0.90).                                       wererun,usingtheMEDIATEmacroforSPSS(Hayes&Preacher,2014),
          Table 1
          Means,standarddeviationsandbivariate correlationsamongvariables(n =97).
           Variable           Mean/n(SD/%)    1         2          3         4         5         6         7         8         9         10       11
           1. C-DISC-ANX        0.0 (1.0)      1
           2. MASC             59.3 (14.4)      .61**    1
           3. YSR-ANX          64.5 (9.7)       .61**     .71**    1
           4. ANX-TOT           0.0 (1.0)       .91**     .82**     .83**    1
           5. YSR-AFF          74.3 (12.2)      .42**     .49**     .59**     .54**     1
           6. YSR-EXT          61.2 (11.3)    −.02      −.03        .05      −.03        .20      1
           7. Age              15.2 (1.4)     −.19      −.16       −.23*     −.20      −.13        .09      1
           8. Sex (% female)    62(63.9)      −.08        .10       .11       .01        .07       .29**     .32**    1
           9. BFI-N             3.9 (0.8)       .44**     .58**     .68**     .62**      .57**     .03     −.15      −.23*     1
           10. TOSCA-S         50.5 (12.3)      .46**     .57**     .61**     .61**      .45**   −.19      −.34**    −.28**     .52**    1
           11. AFQ-Y           33.7 (13.7)      .42**     .53**     .61**     .56**      .58**     .09       .04       .07      .57**     .57**   1
           12. DERS           114.2 (28.5)      .31**     .45**     .47**     .42**      .62**     .19     −.16      −.13       .63**     .50**    .64**
          *pb.05,**pb.01;numbersacrossheadercorrespondwithvariablesnumbered1–11.
                                                                                    D.J. Paulus et al. / Personality and Individual Differences 94 (2016) 38–43                                                                      41
                  Table 2                                                                                                       neuroticismviapsychologicalflexibilityoremotionregulation.Thispat-
                  Standardizedregression coefficients.                                                                           ternwasconsistentwhenlookingatdiagnosticsymptomsendorsedon
                    Y                 Model                                 β         SE     p         CI (l)   CI (u)          theC-DISCastheoutcome(model1)aswellastwotransdiagnosticself-
                                      BFI-N ➔TOSCA-S(a )                       .30    .10     .004       .10    .50             report measures of anxiety symptoms (models 2–3) and a composite
                                                               1                                                                outcomevariable comprised of the dependent variables of models 1–3
                                      BFI-N ➔AFQ-Y(a )                         .41    .10    b.001       .21    .61
                                                            2                                                                   (model4).Theseeffectsweresignificantwhencontrollingforage,sex,
                                      BFI-N ➔DERS(a3)                          .38    .09    b.001       .20    .57
                                      TOSCA-S➔C-DISC-ANX(b1)                   .22    .13     .106     −.05     .48                                                                                            2
                    C-DISC-ANX                                                                                                  depression, and externalizing and, as evidenced by Κ , the indirect ef-
                                      AFQ-Y➔C-DISC-ANX(b )                     .18    .14     .202     −.10     .47
                                                                    2                                                           fects of neuroticism via shame were of medium size. Reverse models
                                      DERS➔C-DISC-ANX(b )                   −.18      .14     .193     −.45     .09
                                                                   3                                                            were run, yielding non-significant effects, adding confidence to the
                                      BFI-N ➔C-DISC-ANX(c)                     .28    .12     .018       .05    .51
                                      BFI-N ➔C-DISC-ANX(cʹ)                    .21    .13     .108     −.05     .47             specified model with shame as the indirect variable between neuroti-
                                      BFI-N ➔TOSCA-S(a )                       .30    .10     .004       .10    .50             cismandanxiety.
                                                               1
                                      BFI-N ➔AFQ-Y(a )                         .41    .10    b.001       .21    .61
                                                            2                                                                        Giventhatneuroticismisabroadpersonalityfactorthatisrelatedto
                                      BFI-N ➔DERS(a3)                          .38    .09    b.001       .20    .57             manyformsofpsychopathology(Widigeretal.,2009)thecurrentstudy
                                      TOSCA-S➔MASC(b )                         .36    .11    b.001       .15    .58
                    MASC                                       1                                                                mayprovidesomedegreeofspecificitywithregardtotheeffectofhow
                                      AFQ-Y➔MASC(b )                           .05    .12     .672     −.18     .28
                                                            2                                                                   neuroticism may manifest into anxiety. Specifically, increased neuroti-
                                      DERS➔MASC(b )                         −.01      .11     .925     −.23     .21
                                                           3
                                      BFI-N ➔MASC(c)                           .54    .10    b.001       .34    .74             cism is associated with greater shame, which, in turn, is associated
                                      BFI-N ➔MASC(cʹ)                          .42    .11    b.001       .21    .63             withgreateranxiety,thoughfutureworkisneededtoevaluatesuchas-
                                      BFI-N ➔TOSCA-S(a )                       .30    .10     .004       .10    .50
                                                               1                                                                sociationslongitudinally.Importantly,theseresultsappeartobespecific
                                      BFI-N ➔AFQ-Y(a )                         .41    .10    b.001       .21    .61
                                                            2                                                                   to shame, and not ‘general distress’ as there were no significant
                                      BFI-N ➔DERS(a3)                          .38    .09    b.001       .20    .57
                                      TOSCA-S➔YSR-ANX(b )                      .32    .09    b.001       .15    .49             associations of neuroticism via psychological inflexibility or emotion
                    YSR-ANX                                        1
                                      AFQ-Y➔YSR-ANX(b )                        .15    .09     .118     −.04     .34
                                                                2                                                               dysregulation. Indeed, neuroticism was highly correlated with shame,
                                      DERS➔YSR-ANX(b )                      −.16      .09     .079     −.34     .02
                                                               3                                                                psychological inflexibility, and emotion dysregulation, which, in turn,
                                      BFI-N ➔YSR-ANX(c)                        .61    .08    b.001       .45    .78             wereall correlated with all indices of anxiety. Nevertheless, evaluating
                                      BFI-N ➔YSR-ANX(cʹ)                       .52    .09    b.001       .35    .69             all three of these factors concurrently identified shame as the only sig-
                                      BFI-N ➔TOSCA-S(a )                       .30    .10     .004       .10    .50
                                                               1
                                      BFI-N ➔AFQ-Y(a )                         .41    .10    b.001       .21    .61
                                                            2                                                                   nificant mediator of the neuroticism/anxiety association, over and
                                      BFI-N ➔DERS(a3)                          .38    .09    b.001       .20    .57             abovetheeffects of psychological inflexibility and emotion dysregula-
                                      TOSCA-S➔ANX-TOT(b )                      .37    .10    b.001       .16    .57
                    ANX-TOT                                        1                                                            tion. Such findings suggest that shame may be an important target
                                      AFQ-Y➔ANX-TOT(b )                        .13    .11     .255     −.09     .35
                                                                2                                                               amongadolescentswithincreasedneuroticismand/or anxiety.Indeed,
                                      DERS➔ANX-TOT(b )                      −.19      .11     .083     −.40     .03
                                                               3
                                      BFI-N ➔ANX-TOT(c)                        .51    .10    b.001       .32    .71             psychological inflexibility and emotion dysregulation are well-
                                      BFI-N ➔ANX-TOT(cʹ)                       .42    .10    b.001       .22    .62             established transdiagnostic constructs that are consistently associated
                                                                                                                                with anxiety, though the current results suggest that shame may
                                                                                                                                warrant clinical attention. These findings echo calls (e.g., Brown &
                  whichallowsfortheexaminationofthedirect,indirect,andtotaleffects                                              Naragon-Gainey,2013)toconsidermultipleriskfactorsinmodelscon-
                  of multiple predictors on an outcome variable through a proposed                                              currently. Although many risk factors might correlate or predict symp-
                  mediator. Reverse models revealed non-significant indirect effects of                                          toms in isolation, models including multiple mid-level factors allow
                  TOSCA-SviaBFI-N(β'sbetween.02–.05)inallmodels(i.e., confidence                                                 for investigations of predictors' strength over and above other relevant
                  intervals contained 0).                                                                                       factors, bolstering confidence in results.
                                                                                                                                     For adolescents, in general, shame is related to self-esteem during
                  4. Discussion                                                                                                 this key period of development (Reimer, 1996) and some have dubbed
                                                                                                                                it a “fundamental”factorinpsychotherapywithadolescents,notingthe
                       Thisstudyevaluatedtheassociationbetweenneuroticismandanxi-                                               effects of shame on development (Anastasopoulos, 1997). Overt thera-
                  ety among adolescents with three indirect explanatory variables:                                              peutic focus on shame could be a fruitful avenue for anxiety treatment,
                  shame, psychological inflexibility, and emotion dysregulation. In line                                         orthepreventionofanxietydevelopmentinthispopulation.Shamehas
                  with predictions, neuroticism was significantly associated with all                                            been associated with negative beliefs about one's self/ideas (Matos,
                  three proposed mediators andwith all indices of anxiety. Partially con-                                       Pinto-Gouveia, & Duarte, submitted for publication) consistent with
                  sistent with hypotheses, neuroticism had significant indirect effects via                                      the negative thinking styles of anxiety disorders (e.g., Barlow, Allen, &
                  shame in all models tested; yet, there were no significant effects of                                          Choate, 2004) and concentrating on such maladaptive expectations
                                                                                                                                could potentially alter the trajectory of at-risk youth who are prone to
                                                                                                                                shame. It is important for future work to examine additional forms of
                  Table 3                                                                                                       psychopathologytoseeifshameexplainstheassociationswithneurot-
                  General andspecific indirect effects.                                                                          icism, or if it is unique to anxiety, as it is possible that shame is a broad
                                                                                                                     2          factor linking neuroticism with other forms of psychological distress.
                    Y                   Model                              β         SE      CI (l)     CI (u)     Κ
                    C-DISC-ANX          M :Totalindirecteffect               .07     .07     −.05       .23                          Withregardtotheassociationbetweengeneralriskfactorsandspe-
                                          1–3                                                                                   cifi                                                                      factors’ (e.g., shame)
                                        M:TOSCA-S                            .07     .04        .01     .18        .06               c manifestations, investigating ‘semi-specific
                                          1
                                        M:AFQ-Y                              .08     .06     −.02       .23        .07          that explain such associations is imperative, as treatments are being
                                          2
                                        M:DERS                             −.07      .05     −.21       .01        .04
                                          3                                                                                     developed, which focus on specific crosscutting features that underlie
                    MASC                M1–3: Total indirect effect          .13     .07        .01     .27                     disorders, rather than symptom-clusters themselves (e.g., Luoma,
                                        M:TOSCA-S                            .11     .05        .04     .22        .12
                                          1                                                                                     Kohlenberg, Hayes, & Fletcher, 2012) have been developed with the
                                        M:AFQ-Y                              .02     .05     −.07       .15        .02
                                          2
                                        M:DERS                             −.01      .04     −.09       .06        .01          goal of impacting specific mechanisms in treatment. In addition to
                                          3
                    YSR-ANX             M1–3: Total indirect effect          .10     .06     −.01       .22                     developing these interventions, it is important for research to identify
                                        M:TOSCA-S                            .10     .04        .03     .21        .11
                                          1                                                                                     specific mechanisms in operation, as well as the populations for which
                                        M:AFQ-Y                              .06     .04     −.01       .17        .07
                                          2                                                                                     they are most relevant.
                                        M:DERS                             −.06      .04     −.17       .01        .06
                                          3                                                                                          Indeed, calls have been made for a shift in paradigm for nosological
                    ANX-TOT             M1–3: Total indirect effect          .09     .07     −.03       .23
                                        M:TOSCA-S                            .11     .05        .04     .23        .12          systems. One such proposal is the NIMH Research Domain Criteria
                                          1
                                        M:AFQ-Y                              .05     .05     −.02       .18        .06
                                          2                                                                                     (RDoC),whichseeksnewwaysofdefiningandclassifyingpsychological
                                        M:DERS                             −.07      .05     −.19       .01        .08
                                          3                                                                                     disorders by utilizing crosscutting features that highlight the overlap
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