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Core features of personality disorder: differentiating general personality dysfunctioning from personality traits.

Abstract
The distinction between general personality dysfunctioning (GPD) and specific personality traits (SPT) is an important focus of attention in the proposed revisions of the DSM-5. The present study explores the distinction between GPD and SPT using the self-report questionnaires General Assessment of Personality Disorder (GAPD) and Severity Indices for Personality Problems (SIPP-118) to measure GPD, and the NEO-PI-R to measure SPT. The sample consisted of 424 psychiatric patients. Using principal component analysis, GPD and SPT appeared to be clearly distinct components of personality. Our GPD model consisted of three factors, i.e., Self-identity dysfunctioning, Relational dysfunctioning, and Prosocial functioning. This model remained by and large intact when combined with SFT factors. Our findings support the distinction between personality traits and personality dysfunction laid down in the recent proposal by the Personality and Personality Disorders Work Group of the DSM-5 Task Force.
AuthorsHan Berghuis, Jan H Kamphuis, Roel Verheul
JournalJournal of personality disorders (J Pers Disord) Vol. 26 Issue 5 Pg. 704-16 (Oct 2012) ISSN: 1943-2763 [Electronic] United States
PMID23013339 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Topics
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Personality (classification, physiology)
  • Personality Disorders (classification, diagnosis)
  • Personality Inventory (standards)
  • Psychiatric Status Rating Scales (standards)
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Young Adult

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