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O ddity, Schizotypy/Dissociation, and Personality
Author(s) -
Ashton Michael C.,
Lee Kibeom
Publication year - 2012
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.1467-6494.2011.00735.x
Subject(s) - schizotypy , psychology , personality , dissociation (chemistry) , openness to experience , operationalization , schizotypal personality disorder , developmental psychology , social psychology , chemistry , epistemology , philosophy
The construct of O ddity was examined in relation to the dimensions of normal personality variation and a dimension of schizotypy and dissociation. In 2 studies involving samples of community adults ( N = 409) and college students ( N = 378), O ddity—as operationalized in terms of perceived strangeness or eccentricity—was found to be moderately related to a S chizotypy/ D issociation factor and also to factors of normal personality variation, particularly O penness to Experience. The modest loading of O ddity on the S chizotypy/ D issociation factor, along with the somewhat stronger projection of O ddity within the space of normal personality dimensions, indicates that the S chizotypy/ D issociation factor should not be interpreted as a dimension of O ddity. The interpretation of the S chizotypy/ D issociation factor is discussed, as are the implications of these results for proposed dimensional models of personality disorders.