TY - JOUR
AU - Livesley, W. John
AB - Researchers have suggested that personality disorders (PDs) could be better understood with a dimensional model than with the DSM–III–R categorical system. The authors conceptualized PDs as extreme expressions of personality functioning. Dimensional measures of aspects of PD were developed for the present study on the basis of previous factor-analytic investigations. The authors examined the convergence of these measures with Costa and McCrae’s “Big Five” factors in a sample of 300 general-population subjects. Principal-components analysis yielded an interpretable 5-factor solution; 4 of these were defined by a Big Five factor. Multiple regression analyses indicated substantial relationships between the Big Five factors and many PD scales. The Neuroticism factor demonstrated the strongest relationships, whereas Openness to Experience showed only modest relationships. The more behavioral aspects of PD were not strongly related to the Big Five factors. Results suggest substantial similarity between the 5 factors and PD measures, although the latter cannot be entirely subsumed by the Big Five model.
TI - Dimensions of Personality Disorder and Their Relationships to the Big Five Dimensions of Personality
JF - Psychological Assessment
DO - 10.1037/1040-3590.4.1.47
DA - 1992-03-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-psychological-association/dimensions-of-personality-disorder-and-their-relationships-to-the-big-WWK71aosc8
SP - 47
EP - 53
VL - 4
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -