Abstract
This chapter presents an integrative model of personality strengths and weaknesses. This model highlights the need to move beyond viewing personality traits in simplistic positive and negative terms, and recognizes the complex, interactional nature of such traits. Furthermore, the chapter suggests that this model can be used not only to better understand general personality traits, but it could also improve approaches to addressing problems in personality, or personality disorder. The model is focused on integrating the positive and negative, and, as such, is consistent with ideas outlined in positive clinical psychology. There are many advantages in having an integrative model of normal and abnormal personality functioning, particularly when coordinated with the five-factor model. It is possible that some persons have no redeeming traits, that their entire personality is a constellation of problematic deficits, flaws, and dysfunctions. Proposed within the chapter was such a model, along with potential measures for its assessment.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Wiley Handbook of Positive Clinical Psychology |
| Pages | 261-277 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781118468197 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 22 2016 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- Clinical psychology
- Five-factor model
- Integrative descriptive model
- Personality disorder
- Personality strengths
- Personality weaknesses
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Psychology