TY - JOUR
T1 - Five-factor model of personality disorder
T2 - A proposal for DSM-V
AU - Widiger, Thomas A.
AU - Mullins-Sweatt, Stephanie N.
PY - 2009/4
Y1 - 2009/4
N2 - The predominant dimensional model of general personality structure within psychology is the five-factor model (FFM). Research indicates that the personality disorders of the American Psychiatric Association's diagnostic manual can be understood as maladaptive variants of the domains and facets of the FFM. The current review provides a proposal for the classification of personality disorder from the perspective of the FFM. Discussed as well are implications and issues associated with an FFM of personality disorder, including the integration of a psychiatric nomenclature with general personality structure, the inclusion of a domain of openness to experience, the identification of problems in living associated with maladaptive personality traits, the setting of a diagnostic threshold, prototypal matching, feasibility, and clinical utility.
AB - The predominant dimensional model of general personality structure within psychology is the five-factor model (FFM). Research indicates that the personality disorders of the American Psychiatric Association's diagnostic manual can be understood as maladaptive variants of the domains and facets of the FFM. The current review provides a proposal for the classification of personality disorder from the perspective of the FFM. Discussed as well are implications and issues associated with an FFM of personality disorder, including the integration of a psychiatric nomenclature with general personality structure, the inclusion of a domain of openness to experience, the identification of problems in living associated with maladaptive personality traits, the setting of a diagnostic threshold, prototypal matching, feasibility, and clinical utility.
KW - Classification
KW - DSM-IV
KW - Diagnosis
KW - Dimensional
KW - Personality
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U2 - 10.1146/annurev.clinpsy.032408.153542
DO - 10.1146/annurev.clinpsy.032408.153542
M3 - Review article
C2 - 19046124
AN - SCOPUS:67650153194
SN - 1548-5943
VL - 5
SP - 197
EP - 220
JO - Annual Review of Clinical Psychology
JF - Annual Review of Clinical Psychology
ER -