TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinicians' judgments of clinical utility
T2 - A comparison of the DSM-IV and five-factor models
AU - Samuel, Douglas B.
AU - Widiger, Thomas A.
PY - 2006/5
Y1 - 2006/5
N2 - Clinical utility, or the usefulness of a diagnostic system in clinical practice, has been identified as an important construct in proposed revisions to the diagnostic nomenclature and a significant limitation of dimensional models of personality disorder, such as the 5-factor model (FFM). Only 1 study to date has addressed explicitly the clinical utility of the FFM, and the findings suggested significant limitations. In the current study, 245 practicing psychologists described 3 historic cases using both the FFM and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.; DSM-IV; American Psychiatric Association, 2000) and then rated each model on 6 aspects of clinical utility. In contrast to prior research, the psychologists in this study considered the FFM to have greater clinical utility than the existing diagnostic categories.
AB - Clinical utility, or the usefulness of a diagnostic system in clinical practice, has been identified as an important construct in proposed revisions to the diagnostic nomenclature and a significant limitation of dimensional models of personality disorder, such as the 5-factor model (FFM). Only 1 study to date has addressed explicitly the clinical utility of the FFM, and the findings suggested significant limitations. In the current study, 245 practicing psychologists described 3 historic cases using both the FFM and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.; DSM-IV; American Psychiatric Association, 2000) and then rated each model on 6 aspects of clinical utility. In contrast to prior research, the psychologists in this study considered the FFM to have greater clinical utility than the existing diagnostic categories.
KW - Alternative
KW - Dimensional
KW - Personality disorder
KW - Psychopathology
KW - Ted Bundy
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U2 - 10.1037/0021-843X.115.2.298
DO - 10.1037/0021-843X.115.2.298
M3 - Article
C2 - 16737394
AN - SCOPUS:33745793048
SN - 0021-843X
VL - 115
SP - 298
EP - 308
JO - Journal of Abnormal Psychology
JF - Journal of Abnormal Psychology
IS - 2
ER -