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Assessment of Maladaptive Variants of F ive‐ F actor M odel Traits
Author(s) -
Lynam Donald R.
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.1467-6494.2012.00775.x
Subject(s) - personality , psychology , construct (python library) , big five personality traits , relation (database) , social psychology , cognitive psychology , computer science , data mining , programming language
Research has shown that the personality disorders ( PDs ) bear consistent relations to general models of personality functioning, particularly in relation to the F ive‐ F actor M odel ( FFM ). In addition to suggesting that the PDs might be understood as constellations of traits from the FFM , this research also suggests that these constellations might be used to assess the PDs . The present article reviews previous research using the NEO P ersonality I nventory– R evised ( NEO PI ‐R; C osta & McC rae, [Costa, P. T., Jr., 1992]) to assess disordered personality and discusses some shortcomings of this approach. Next, I detail studies that have used what is known about the relations between the FFM and disordered personality to construct new assessments that are grounded in the basic science of personality but designed to assess the more pathological aspects. Finally, the advantages of this approach are outlined.