Does neuroticism go hand in hand with introversion? I'm reading this paper on relations between affect and personality.

It seems the personality domain has been characterized in terms of two dimensions: neuroticism and extraversion.

How does introversion fit into this? There is a clear association between extraversion and measures of positive affect; there is a clear association between neuroticism and measures of negative affect.

Does neuroticism therefore go hand in hand with introversion?
Does neuroticism therefore go hand in hand with introversion?


No, these are different dimensions of personality. One can be therefore be introverted and neurotic, or extroverted and neurotic [1].

With that said, there appears to be a relationship between introversion and neuroticism - a positive correlation of .3 [2]. Rather than one causing the other, it may be because both have a common cause [3].

[1] http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.2044-8279.1961.tb02931.x/abstract
[2]http://www.tc.umn.edu/~cdeyoung/Pubs/DeYoung_2007_BFAS_JPSP.pdf
[3]http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19263467