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Vallejo, G.; Fernandez, M. P.; Livacic-Rojas, P. E.; Tuero-Herrero, E. – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 2011
Missing data are a pervasive problem in many psychological applications in the real world. In this article we study the impact of dropout on the operational characteristics of several approaches that can be easily implemented with commercially available software. These approaches include the covariance pattern model based on an unstructured…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Psychosis, Prevention, Patients
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Widiger, Thomas A.; Livesley, W. John; Clark, Lee Anna – Psychological Assessment, 2009
Psychological assessment research concerns how to describe psychological dysfunction in ways that are both valid and useful. Recent advances in assessment research hold the promise of facilitating significant improvements in description and diagnosis. One such contribution is in the classification of personality disorder symptomatology. The…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Personality Problems, Psychological Evaluation, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Durrett, Christine; Trull, Timothy J. – Psychological Assessment, 2005
Two personality models are compared regarding their relationship with personality disorder (PD) symptom counts and with lifetime Axis I diagnoses. These models share 5 similar domains, and the Big 7 model also includes 2 domains assessing self-evaluation: positive and negative valence. The Big 7 model accounted for more variance in PDs than the…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Personality, Personality Problems, Models
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Wastell, Colin A. – Journal of Counseling & Development, 1996
Discusses the importance of counseling guided by a life-span development model. Emphasizes that one popular theory should be modified by taking into account a broader understanding of life-span development in terms of commonalities and differences in male and female development. Examines implications with borderline personality disorder and…
Descriptors: Counseling Psychology, Counseling Theories, Development, Feminism