Abstract
Differing conceptions of personality disorders inherent in the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Personality Disorder Scales and the Personality Adjective Checklist were evaluated within the context of the circuraplex model of interpersonal behavior and the 5-factor model of personality in a sample of 581 university students'. Conceptions of personality disorders were strongly and clearly related to dimensions of normal personality traits. Although the circumplex model illuminated conceptions of some of the disorders, the full 5-factor model was required to capture and clarify the entire range of personality disorders. Implications of these findings are discussed with reference to (a) personality disorders and personality traits and (b) suggestions for assessment of personality disorders.
Keywords
PsychologyPersonalityPersonality disordersPsychometricsClinical psychologyPersonality Assessment InventoryPersonality testTest validityDevelopmental psychologySocial psychology
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- 1
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Jerry S. Wiggins,
Aaron L. Pincus
(1989).
Conceptions of personality disorders and dimensions of personality..
Psychological Assessment
, 1
(4)
, 305-316.
https://doi.org/10.1037/1040-3590.1.4.305
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- 10.1037/1040-3590.1.4.305