Personality traits and psychological distress in Chinese adolescents: the mediating roles of anxiety and depression

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This cross-sectional study examines how personality traits, specifically neuroticism, extraversion, and psychoticism, relate to psychological distress in 3,673 Chinese adolescents through the mediating roles of anxiety and depression. The authors utilize self-report questionnaires and structural equation modeling to identify that anxiety serves as a significant mediator while depression exerts a partial mediating effect within these relationships. The resource is intended for researchers or clinicians interested in understanding the associative mechanisms linking personality profiles to adolescent mental health outcomes.

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2b315f04deae4552
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PubMed Central
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Aijun Zhu (China Three Gorges University), Di Xue (China Three Gorges University), Huaijie Yang (China Three Gorges University), Yanfang Ren (Second Hospital of Yichang)
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2026-01-16
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DOI
10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1748370
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@article{allodium:2b315f04deae4552,
  title = {Personality traits and psychological distress in Chinese adolescents: the mediating roles of anxiety and depression},
  author = {Aijun Zhu and Di Xue and Huaijie Yang and Yanfang Ren},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {PubMed Central},
  doi = {10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1748370},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1748370}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Personality traits and psychological distress in Chinese adolescents: the mediating roles of anxiety and depression
AU  - Zhu, Aijun
AU  - Xue, Di
AU  - Yang, Huaijie
AU  - Ren, Yanfang
PY  - 2026
PB  - PubMed Central
DO  - 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1748370
UR  - https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1748370
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Zhu, A., Xue, D., Yang, H., & Ren, Y. (2026). Personality traits and psychological distress in Chinese adolescents: the mediating roles of anxiety and depression. PubMed Central. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1748370

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