Negative affectivity

Description

A tendency to experience a broad range of distressing emotions, e.g. anxiety, anger irritability, depression, and other negative emotional states, often in response to even relatively minor actual or perceived stressors.

Index terms

Negative affectivity
negative emotionality
neuroticism

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proneness to negative emotional states

Inclusions

negative emotionality
proneness to negative emotional states

Exclusions from above levels

19 – Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
JA66 – Clinical findings on antenatal screening of mother

Sibling codes

MB28.0 – Attention seeking
MB28.1 – Callousness
MB28.2 – Eccentricity
MB28.3 – Entitlement
MB28.4 – Hostility
MB28.5 – Impulsivity
MB28.6 – Indecisiveness
MB28.7 – Irresponsibility
MB28.8 – Low frustration tolerance
MB28.9 – Low self-esteem
MB28.B – Negativism
MB28.C – Perfectionism
MB28.D – Pessimism
MB28.E – Recklessness
MB28.F – Sensation seeking
MB28.G – Stubbornness
MB28.H – Submissiveness
MB28.Y – Other specified symptoms and signs related to personality features
MB28.Z – Symptoms and signs related to personality features, unspecified

Foundation entity

Negative affectivity – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1314368678

Part of: MB28: Symptoms or signs related to personality features › 21: Symptoms, signs or clinical findings, not elsewhere classified