TY - JOUR
T1 - Construct Validation Theory Applied to the Study of Personality Dysfunction
AU - Zapolski, Tamika C.B.
AU - Guller, Leila
AU - Smith, Gregory T.
PY - 2012/12
Y1 - 2012/12
N2 - The authors review theory validation and construct validation principles as related to the study of personality dysfunction. Historically, personality disorders have been understood to be syndromes of heterogeneous symptoms. The authors argue that the syndrome approach to description results in diagnoses of unclear meaning and constrained validity. The alternative approach of describing personality dysfunction in terms of homogeneous dimensions of functioning avoids the problems of the syndromal approach and has been shown to provide more valid description and diagnosis. The authors further argue that description based on homogeneous dimensions of personality function/dysfunction is more useful because it provides direct connections to validated treatments.
AB - The authors review theory validation and construct validation principles as related to the study of personality dysfunction. Historically, personality disorders have been understood to be syndromes of heterogeneous symptoms. The authors argue that the syndrome approach to description results in diagnoses of unclear meaning and constrained validity. The alternative approach of describing personality dysfunction in terms of homogeneous dimensions of functioning avoids the problems of the syndromal approach and has been shown to provide more valid description and diagnosis. The authors further argue that description based on homogeneous dimensions of personality function/dysfunction is more useful because it provides direct connections to validated treatments.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2012.00772.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2012.00772.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 22321263
AN - SCOPUS:84870677646
SN - 0022-3506
VL - 80
SP - 1507
EP - 1531
JO - Journal of Personality
JF - Journal of Personality
IS - 6
ER -