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Relationship of NEO‐PI to personality styles and severity of trauma in chronic PTSD victims *
Author(s) -
Hyer Lee,
Braswell Lorraine,
Albrecht Bill,
Boyd Stephanie,
Boudewyns Patrick,
Talbert Suzanne
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.10221
Subject(s) - psychology , personality , millon clinical multiaxial inventory , clinical psychology , personality disorders , population , psychiatry , social psychology , medicine , environmental health
The relationship of the NEO‐PI to personality disorders was evaluated in a clinical population. Eighty subjects with post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were given this measure, along with the MCMI‐II and PTSD and combat scales. Two questions were addressed: (1) What is the relationship of NEO‐PI domains and facets to personality disorders?; and (2) What is this scale's relationship to PTSD problems? Results support previous studies that employed a clinical population, but with lower correlation coefficients. For the most part, then, the NEO‐PI domains and facets correlated in expected ways with the MCMI‐II. On PTSD measures, N accounted for the majority of the variance, but other domains were entered when independent regression equations were calculated to account for different personality disorders. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol.