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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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Monsen, Jon T.; Hagtvet, Knut A.; Havik, Odd E.; Eilertsen, Dag E. – Psychological Assessment, 2006
This study assessed the construct validity of the circumplex model of the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems (IIP-C) in Norwegian clinical and nonclinical samples. Structure was examined by evaluating the fit of the circumplex model to data obtained by the IIP-C. Observer-rated personality disorder criteria (DSM-IV, Axis II) were used as external…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Correlation, Interpersonal Relationship, Construct Validity
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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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Schroeder, Marsha L.; And Others – Psychological Assessment, 1992
Dimensional measures of aspects of personality disorders (PD) were developed. Convergence of these measures with the "Big Five" personality factors was studied in 300 general population subjects. Results suggest substantial similarity between the five factors and PD measures, though the latter cannot be entirely subsumed by the Big Five…
Descriptors: Adults, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Mental Disorders