Authors
Joshua D Miller, Chelsea Sleep, Donald R Lynam
Publication date
2018/6/1
Source
Current Opinion in Psychology
Volume
21
Pages
50-54
Publisher
Elsevier
Description
Highlights
- Inclusion of personality traits in DSM-5 important step forward.
- Traits overlap with those found in popular general personality models.
- Traits capture substantial variance in traditional PD diagnostic constructs.
- Traits overlap significantly with personality impairment included as Criterion A.
- Traits demonstrate much greater incremental validity than the dysfunction criteria.
We review the trait model (ie, Criterion B) included as a central piece of the alternative model of personality disorder (PD) included in DSM-5. The pathological traits are organized into five domains with 25 facets that overlap substantially with basic personality models (eg, five-factor model). These PD traits can be reliably assessed using a variety of measures; however, questions of poor discriminant validity have been raised. Concerns were raised that this model would result in the loss of clinically meaningful constructs (eg, borderline …
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JD Miller, C Sleep, DR Lynam - Current Opinion in Psychology, 2018