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The Big Five Inventory (BFI) is widely used to assess personality, yet findings on trait differences between BD and MDD and their relationship with clinical features are inconsistent. This study examines how personality traits vary across mood disorders and their associations with clinical features.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study aims to investigate how Big Five personality traits differ between major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder (BD) and to explore their associations with clinical characteristics, including illness severity, hospitalization history, and comorbidities, in a sample of Han Chinese women.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A cross-sectional analysis was conducted on BD, MDD, and healthy participants. Personality traits were assessed using the Chinese version of BFI-44, and clinical data including depression severity (HAMD scores), hospitalization history, and comorbidities were collected. Multiple regression, multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and structural equational model (SEM) were used to examine group differences and associations between personality and clinical variables.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>BD and MDD patients exhibited higher neuroticism than healthy controls (p&amp;lt;0.001). BD patients had lower agreeableness than MDD (\u03b2=-0.14, p=0.04), while extraversion did not significantly differentiate the disorders. BD-I patients had higher openness than BD-II (M=2.78, p=0.02) and higher conscientiousness than BD-NOS (M=3.51, p=0.03). Higher openness correlated with physical comorbidities (\u03b2 = 0.19, p = 0.01), and neuroticism was strongly linked to depression severity (\u03b2 = 0.26, p &amp;lt; 0.001).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Neuroticism is a key marker of psychiatric illness, while agreeableness distinguishes BD from MDD. 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