Metacognition as a General Factor of Personality Pathology

2021 ◽  
pp. 35-43
Author(s):  
Ilaria Riccardi ◽  
Roberto Pedone ◽  
Antonio Semerari
Keyword(s):  
Personality Pathology ◽  
General Factor ◽  
General Factor Of Personality

scholarly journals A General Factor of Personality (GFP) in the Personality Disorders: Three Studies of the Dimensional Assessment of Personality Pathology — Basic Questionnaire (DAPP-BQ)

2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 301-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Philippe Rushton ◽  
Paul Irwing ◽  
Tom Booth
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Clinical Sample ◽  
Population Sample ◽  
Personality Pathology ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
General Factor ◽  
First Order ◽  
General Factor Of Personality ◽  
Dimensional Assessment

AbstractWe used structural equation modeling to test the hypothesis that a General Factor of Personality (GFP) occupies the apex of the hierarchy of personality disorders in three validation samples of the Dimensional Assessment of Personality Pathology — Basic Questionnaire (DAPP-BQ). In a general population sample (N= 942), we found a GFP explained 34% of the variance in four first-order factors and 33% of the variance in all 18 scales. In a twin sample (N= 1,346), a GFP explained 35% of the variance in four first-order factors and 34% of the variance in all 18 scales. In a clinical sample (N= 656), a GFP explained 34% of the variance in four first-order factors and 30% of the variance in all 18 scales.

Comparing Hierarchical Models of Personality Pathology

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Whitney R. Ringwald ◽  
Aidan G.C. Wright ◽  
Joseph E. Beeney ◽  
Paul A. Pilkonis
Keyword(s):  
Hierarchical Models ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Hierarchical Classification ◽  
Personality Pathology ◽  
General Factor ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Conceptual Structures ◽  
Individual Personality ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analyses ◽  
Specific Factors

Two dimensional, hierarchical classification models of personality pathology have emerged as alternatives to traditional categorical systems: multi-tiered models with increasing numbers of factors and models that distinguish between a general factor of severity and specific factors reflecting style. Using a large sample (N=840) with a range of psychopathology, we conducted exploratory factor analyses of individual personality disorder criteria to evaluate the validity of these conceptual structures. We estimated an oblique, “unfolding” hierarchy and a bifactor model, then examined correlations between these and multi-method functioning measures to enrich interpretation. Four-factor solutions for each model, reflecting rotations of each other, fit well and equivalently. The resulting structures are consistent with previous empirical work and provide support for each theoretical model.

General Factor of Personality Questionnaire (GFPQ): Only one Factor to Understand Personality?

2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salvador Amigó ◽  
Antonio Caselles ◽  
Joan C. Micó
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Disorders ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
General Factor ◽  
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Approach And Avoidance ◽  
Sensitivity To Reward ◽  
General Factor Of Personality ◽  
Sensitivity To Punishment

This study proposes a psychometric approach to assess the General Factor of Personality (GFP) to explain the whole personality. This approach defends the existence of one basic factor that represents the overall personality. The General Factor of Personality Questionnaire (GFPQ) is presented to measure the basic, combined trait of the complete personality. The questionnaire includes 20 items and is constituted by two scales with 10 items each one: the Extraversion Scale (ES) and the Introversion Scale (IS). The GFPQ shows adequate internal consistency and construct validity, while the relationships with the personality factors of other models and with psychopathology are as expected. It correlates positively and significantly with Extraversion (E) and Psychoticism (P), and negatively with Neuroticism (N) of Eysenck's EPQ (Eysenck Personality Questionnaire); it correlates positively and significantly with the Sensation Seeking Scaled (SSS) of Zuckerman, and is inside the expected direction with Sensitivity to Reward (SR) and Sensitivity to Punishment (SP) of the Sensitivity to Punishment and Sensitivity to Reward Questionnaire (SPSRQ), which represent the approach and avoidance trends of behavior, respectively. It not only relates negatively with the personality disorders of the anxiety spectrum, but also with the emotional disorders in relation to anxiety and depression, and it relates positively with the antisocial personality disorder.

Construct validation using multitrait‐multimethod‐twin data: The case of a general factor of personality

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 258-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rainer Riemann ◽  
Christian Kandler
Keyword(s):  
Study Design ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Twin Studies ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Genetic Effects ◽  
Order Structure ◽  
General Factor ◽  
General Factor Of Personality ◽  
Peer Report

We describe a behavioural genetic extension of the classic multitrait‐multimethod study design that allows estimating genetic and environmental influences on method effects in twin studies (MTMM‐T). Genetic effects and effects of the environment shared by siblings are interpreted as indicators of convergent validity. In an application of the MTMM study design, we used self‐ and peer report data to examine the higher‐order structure of the NEO‐PI‐R. Structural equation modelling did not support a general factor of personality in multimethod data. The higher‐order factor Stability turns out to be, at most, a weak trait factor. Genetic effects on method factors indicate that especially self‐reports but also peer reports show convergent validity between twins but not between methods. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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