A Comparative Study of the Dimensions and Facets of the Five-Factor Model in the Diagnosis of Cases of Personality Disorder

Summary. Objective: A comparative study of the personality structure from the perspective the Five-factor personality model (“Big Five”) in mentally healthy and in people with personality disorders depending on the leading radical determined by the clinical method.Materials and methods: a comparative study of personality structures in the mentally healthy (13 people) and in individuals with personality disorders (47 people) was carried out. To assess the personality structure, the NEO-Five Factor Inventory questionnaire was used. Persons with personality disorders were divided into groups in accordance with the leading radical: 24 — with emotionally unstable; 13 — with a histrionic; 6 — with schizoid; 4 — with paranoid radicals.Results: There were no differences in the values of the domains of the Five-Factor personality model between a group of individuals with personality disorders and the norm. The features of domain indicators of the Five-factor personality model were revealed in individuals with personality disorder depending on theradical.Conclusion: The NEO-Five Factor Inventory questionnaire, like most other tools from the perspective of the Five-Factor Model, is not suitable for assessing a person in terms of assigning it to variants of a mental disorder. When comparing the categorical and dimensional approaches to assessing the structure of personality disorders, it was found that the obligate personality traits identified using the categorical approach are fully reflected in the «Big Five» in individuals with a leading schizoid radical. The relations of obligate personal traits with the domains of the Five-factor model of personality in individuals with other (paranoid, histrionic,and emotionally unstable) radicals are less clear.

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Comparative study of personality traits in patients with bipolar I and II disorder from the five-factor model perspective

Journal of Affective Disorders ◽

10.1016/j.jad.2010.02.045 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 122 ◽

pp. S48 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

B. Kim⁎ ◽

J.H. Lim ◽

S.Y. Kim ◽

Y.H. Joo

Keyword(s):

Comparative Study ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Factor Model ◽

Five Factor Model

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Borderline Personality Disorder: Associations Between Dimensional Personality Profiles and Self-Destructive Behaviors

Journal of Personality Disorders ◽

10.1521/pedi_2018_32_346 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 33 (2) ◽

pp. 249-261 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Katharina Kolbeck ◽

Steffen Moritz ◽

Julia Bierbrodt ◽

Christina Andreou

Keyword(s):

Borderline Personality Disorder ◽

Personality Disorder ◽

Factor Model ◽

Five Factor Model ◽

Risk Preference ◽

Borderline Personality ◽

Self Report ◽

Personality Profiles ◽

Ongoing Research ◽

Destructive Behaviors

Ongoing research is shifting towards a dimensional understanding of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Aim of this study was to identify personality profiles in BPD that are predictive of self-destructive behaviors. Personality traits were assessed (n = 130) according to the five-factor model of personality (i.e., Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness to Experience, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness) and an additional factor called Risk Preference. Self-destructive behavior parameters such as non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and other borderline typical dyscontrolled behaviors (e.g., drug abuse) were assessed by self-report measures. Canonical correlation analyses demonstrated that Neuroticism, Extraversion, and Conscientiousness are predictors of NSSI. Further, Neuroticism, Agreeableness, and Risk Preference were associated with dyscontrolled behaviors. Our results add further support on personality-relevant self-destructive behaviors in BPD. A combined diagnostic assessment could offer clinically meaningful insights about the causes of self-destruction in BPD to expand current therapeutic repertoires.

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The Five-Factor Personality Inventory for ICD-11: A Facet-Level Assessment of the ICD-11 Trait Model

10.31234/osf.io/ycgwn ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Joshua R. Oltmanns ◽

Thomas A. Widiger

Keyword(s):

Personality Disorder ◽

Factor Model ◽

Five Factor Model ◽

Personality Inventory ◽

Self Report ◽

Theoretical Structure ◽

Specific Assessment ◽

Data Collections ◽

Domain Level ◽

Report Measure

The ICD-11 includes a dimensional model of personality disorder assessing five domains of maladaptive personality. To avoid unnecessary complexity, the ICD-11 model includes assessment of personality traits only at the domain level. A measure exists to assess the domains of the ICD-11 model (the Personality Inventory for ICD-11; PiCD), yet a more rich and useful assessment of personality is provided at the facet level. We used items from the scales assessing the five-factor model of personality disorder (FFMPD) to develop the Five-Factor Personality Inventory for ICD-11 (FFiCD), a new 121-item, 20-facet, self-report measure of the ICD-11 maladaptive personality domains at the facet level. Further, the FFiCD includes 47 short scales organized beneath the facets—at the “nuance” level. Items were selected and evaluated empirically across two independent data collections, and the resulting scales were further validated in a third data collection. Correlational and factor analytic results comparing the scales of the FFiCD to the five-factor model, PiCD, and Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5) supported the validity of the theoretical structure of the FFiCD and the ICD-11 model. The FFiCD may be a useful instrument for clinicians and researchers interested in a more specific assessment of maladaptive personality according to the dimensional ICD-11 personality disorder model.

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Personality Disorders as Collections of Traits

Using Basic Personality Research to Inform Personality Pathology ◽

10.1093/med-psych/9780190227074.003.0003 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 40-70

Author(s):

Joshua D. Miller

Keyword(s):

Personality Disorder ◽

Construct Validity ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Personality Disorders ◽

General Model ◽

Alternative Model ◽

Factor Model ◽

Five Factor Model ◽

Empirical Relations ◽

Expert Ratings

This chapter argues that personality disorders can and should be understood as collections of basic personality traits from a general model of personality, namely the five-factor model (FFM). It reviews evidence for the convergence of FFM personality disorder profiles across multiple approaches—expert ratings (i.e., researchers and clinicians) and empirical relations. It discusses how to score the personality disorders from the FFM and provides evidence for the convergent, discriminant, and construct validity of this approach. The chapter also demonstrates how the new alternative model for personality disorders can be embedded within the more established and robust FFM literature.

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