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Depression etiology research has not determined whether neuroticism and extraversion are causes of depression or risk factors reflecting other underlying causes of depression. The cause-correction hypothesis retains this ambiguity in that changes in neuroticism/extraversion and changes in factors underlying neuroticism/extraversion might both contribute to depression improvement.
