A dimensional approach to assessing personality functioning: examining personality trait domains utilizing personality disorder criteria

This study compared a dimensional, trait domain approach to characterizing personality pathology with the traditional polythetic approach with respect to their associations with interpersonal functioning and personality traits from the five factor model.

Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - September 6, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: J. Christopher Fowler, Carla Sharp, Allison Kalpakci, Alok Madan, Joshua Clapp, Jon G. Allen, B. Christopher Frueh, John M. Oldham Source Type: research