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A Structured Interview for the Assessment of the Five‐Factor Model of Personality: Facet‐Level Relations to the Axis II Personality Disorders
Author(s) -
Trull Timothy J.,
Widiger Thomas A.,
Burr Rachel
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of personality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.082
H-Index - 144
eISSN - 1467-6494
pISSN - 0022-3506
DOI - 10.1111/1467-6494.00141
Subject(s) - facet (psychology) , psychology , personality , personality disorders , clinical psychology , factor (programming language) , personality assessment inventory , big five personality traits , 16pf questionnaire , developmental psychology , social psychology , big five personality traits and culture , computer science , programming language
The Structured Interview for the Five‐Factor Model (SIFFM; Trull & Widiger, 1997) is an 120‐item semistructured interview that assesses both adaptive and maladaptive features of the personality traits included in the five‐factor model of personality, or “Big Five.” In this article, we evaluate the ability of SIFFM scores to predict personality disorder symptomatology in a sample of 232 adults (46 outpatients and 186 nonclinical college students). Personality disorder symptoms were assessed using the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire‐Revised (PDQ‐R; Hyler & Rider, 1987). Results indicated that many of the predicted associations between lower‐order personality traits and personality disorders were supported. Further, many of these associations held even after controlling for comorbid personality disorder symptoms. These findings may help inform conceptualizations of the personality disorders, as well as etiological theories and treatment.