Journal article
DSM-5 Pathological Personality Traits and the Personality Assessment Inventory
Assessment (Odessa, Fla.), Vol.20(3), pp.269-285
06/2013
DOI: 10.1177/1073191113486286
PMID: 23610235
Abstract
Section 3 of the DSM-5 will include a pathological personality trait system rooted in the quantitative epistemology of personality and clinical psychology. This system has the potential to enhance the clinical utility of the diagnostic nosology by providing a means for the dimensional assessment of individuals with psychopathology. However, there is limited research on the associations of DSM-5 traits with common mental disorders and related clinical phenomena as measured by currently popular assessment instruments. The purpose of this article was to evaluate the convergence of the DSM-5 trait system with a well-validated broadband clinical instrument, the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI). Bivariate correlations were examined and factor analytic methods were used to examine the degree to which the DSM-5 traits and PAI capture common variance in personality and mental health. In a student sample ( N = 1,001), we found broad convergence between the DSM-5 traits and PAI, which could be organized effectively using five factors. The implications of these findings for using traits to address issues related to diagnostic co-occurrence and heterogeneity in routine clinical assessment are discussed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- DSM-5 Pathological Personality Traits and the Personality Assessment Inventory
- Creators
- Christopher J Hopwood - Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USAAidan G. C Wright - University at Buffalo, SUNY, NY, USARobert F Krueger - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USANick Schade - Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USAKristian E Markon - University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USALeslie C Morey - Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Assessment (Odessa, Fla.), Vol.20(3), pp.269-285
- DOI
- 10.1177/1073191113486286
- PMID
- 23610235
- ISSN
- 1073-1911
- eISSN
- 1552-3489
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/2013
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984083279502771
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