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Personality and Psychopathology: An Application of the Five‐Factor Model
Author(s) -
Widiger Thomas A.,
Trull Timothy J.
Publication year - 1992
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/j.1467-6494.1992.tb00977.x
Subject(s) - agreeableness , psychology , personality , neuroticism , openness to experience , psychopathology , conscientiousness , facet (psychology) , extraversion and introversion , hierarchical structure of the big five , big five personality traits , clinical psychology , personality disorders , alternative five model of personality , big five personality traits and culture , developmental psychology , social psychology
Our review is concerned with the relationship of the five‐factor model of personality to psychopathology, focusing in particular on Axis II personality disorders and depression. The five factors provide a particularly compelling model for interpreting the Axis II personality disorders as maladaptive variants of normal personality traits. However, we also discuss methodological and conceptual limitations of this application. There has been little research on the relationship of Openness, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness to Axis I mental disorders, but considerable attention has been given to Neuroticism and Extraversion. We focus in particular on the difficulty in distinguishing between the various ways in which personality can relate to depression, either as a predisposition to, a complication of, a pathoplastic effect upon, or a spectrum variant of the mental disorder. We conclude with recommendations for future research.