TY - JOUR
T1 - Personality and Personality Disorders
AU - Widiger, Thomas A.
AU - Costa, Paul T.
PY - 1994/2
Y1 - 1994/2
N2 - The mental disorders that most clearly relate to personality are the personality disorders. The purpose of this article is to review the support for the hypothesis that the personality disorders of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (3rd ed., rev.; American Psychiatric Association, 1987) represent variants of normal personality traits. We focus in particular on the efforts to identify the dimensions of personality that may underlie the personality disorders. We then illustrate the relationship of personality to personality disorders using the five-factor model, discuss conceptual issues in relating normal and abnormal personality traits, and consider methodological issues that should be addressed in future research.
AB - The mental disorders that most clearly relate to personality are the personality disorders. The purpose of this article is to review the support for the hypothesis that the personality disorders of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (3rd ed., rev.; American Psychiatric Association, 1987) represent variants of normal personality traits. We focus in particular on the efforts to identify the dimensions of personality that may underlie the personality disorders. We then illustrate the relationship of personality to personality disorders using the five-factor model, discuss conceptual issues in relating normal and abnormal personality traits, and consider methodological issues that should be addressed in future research.
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U2 - 10.1037/0021-843X.103.1.78
DO - 10.1037/0021-843X.103.1.78
M3 - Review article
C2 - 8040485
AN - SCOPUS:85045828187
SN - 0021-843X
VL - 103
SP - 78
EP - 91
JO - Journal of Abnormal Psychology
JF - Journal of Abnormal Psychology
IS - 1
ER -