The Five-Factor Model Is a Competing Theory of Borderline Personality Disorder: Commentary on Gunderson et al.

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas A. Widiger ◽  
Gillian A. McCabe
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Five Factor Model ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Personality Structure

Gunderson, Fruzzetti, Unruh, and Choi-Kahn (2018) review four competing theories of borderline personality border (BPD). Regrettably, they did not acknowledge the theory that BPD is a maladaptive variant of Five-Factor Model general personality structure. This commentary indicates how the FFM of BPD addresses well, and does so empirically, the points of comparison, made by Gunderson et al.

Borderline Personality Disorder: Associations Between Dimensional Personality Profiles and Self-Destructive Behaviors

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharina Kolbeck ◽  
Steffen Moritz ◽  
Julia Bierbrodt ◽  
Christina Andreou
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Five Factor Model ◽  
Risk Preference ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Personality Profiles ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Destructive Behaviors

Ongoing research is shifting towards a dimensional understanding of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Aim of this study was to identify personality profiles in BPD that are predictive of self-destructive behaviors. Personality traits were assessed (n = 130) according to the five-factor model of personality (i.e., Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness to Experience, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness) and an additional factor called Risk Preference. Self-destructive behavior parameters such as non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and other borderline typical dyscontrolled behaviors (e.g., drug abuse) were assessed by self-report measures. Canonical correlation analyses demonstrated that Neuroticism, Extraversion, and Conscientiousness are predictors of NSSI. Further, Neuroticism, Agreeableness, and Risk Preference were associated with dyscontrolled behaviors. Our results add further support on personality-relevant self-destructive behaviors in BPD. A combined diagnostic assessment could offer clinically meaningful insights about the causes of self-destruction in BPD to expand current therapeutic repertoires.

The Five-Factor Model of Personality and Borderline Personality Disorder: A Genetic Analysis of Comorbidity

2009 ◽  
Vol 66 (12) ◽  
pp. 1131-1138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marijn A. Distel ◽  
Timothy J. Trull ◽  
Gonneke Willemsen ◽  
Jacqueline M. Vink ◽  
Catherine A. Derom ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Genetic Analysis ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Five Factor Model ◽  
Borderline Personality

Childhood antecedents of personality disorder: An alternative perspective

2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 771-791 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas A. Widiger ◽  
Barbara De Clercq ◽  
Filip De Fruyt
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Five Factor Model ◽  
Personality Structure ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence ◽  
Adult Personality ◽  
Dsm Iv ◽  
Childhood Antecedents

AbstractOne of the fundamental limitations of theDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders—Fourth Edition, Text Revision(DSM-IV-TR) categorical model of personality disorder classification has been the lack of a strong scientific foundation, including an understanding of childhood antecedents. TheDSM-IV-TRpersonality disorders, however, do appear to be well understood as maladaptive variants of the domains and facets of the general personality structure as conceptualized within the five-factor model (FFM). Integrating the classification of personality disorder with the FFM brings to an understanding of the personality disorders a considerable body of scientific research on childhood antecedents. The temperaments and traits of childhood do appear to be antecedent to the FFM of adult personality structure, and these temperament and traits of childhood and adolescence are the likely antecedents for adult personality disorder, providing further support for the conceptualization of the adult personality disorders as maladaptive variants of the domains and facets of the FFM. Conceptualizing personality disorders in terms of the FFM thereby provides a basis for integrating the classification of abnormal and normal personality functioning across the life span.

Five Factor Model and Personality Disorder

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas A. Widiger ◽  
Whitney L. Gore ◽  
Cristina Crego ◽  
Stephanie L. Rojas ◽  
Joshua R. Oltmanns
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Five Factor Model ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Personality Structure ◽  
Dimensional Model ◽  
Normal Personality ◽  
Personality Disorder Scales ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of the relationship of the Five Factor Model (FFM) to personality disorder. The FFM has traditionally been viewed as a dimensional model of normal personality structure. However, it should probably be viewed as a dimensional model of general personality structure, including maladaptive as well as adaptive personality traits. Discussed herein is the empirical support for the coverage of personality disorders within the FFM; the ability of the FFM to explain the convergence and divergence among personality disorder scales; the relationship of the FFM to the DSM-5 dimensional trait model; the empirical support for maladaptivity within both poles of each FFM domain (focusing in particular on agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness); and the development of scales for the assessment of maladaptive variants of the FFM.

Validation of the UPPS impulsive behaviour scale: a four‐factor model of impulsivity

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. 559-574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen P. Whiteside ◽  
Donald R. Lynam ◽  
Joshua D. Miller ◽  
Sarah K. Reynolds
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Alcohol Abusers ◽  
Pathological Gamblers ◽  
Impulsive Behaviour ◽  
Insight Into

The current study attempts to clarify the multi‐faceted nature of impulsivity through the use of the four‐factor UPPS Impulsive Behaviour scale. In order to build the nomological network surrounding this scale, the UPPS was administered to individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD), pathological gamblers (PG), alcohol abusers (divided into two groups based on the presence of antisocial features), and a control group. Several of the UPPS scales (e.g. Urgency, lack of Premeditation, and Sensation Seeking) differentiated the BPD, PG, and alcohol abusers with antisocial features from a group of non‐antisocial alcohol abusers and a control group. Overall, the UPPS scales accounted for between 7% (pathological gambling) and 64% (borderline personality disorder features) of the overall variance in the psychopathology measures. Individual UPPS scales also made unique contributions to several of these disorders, which may provide insight into which of these personality traits may predispose individuals to behave in maladaptive or problematic ways. The results provide support for the differentiation of impulsivity‐related constructs into the current four‐factor model. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

An Integration of Normal and Abnormal Personality Structure: The Five-Factor Model

2012 ◽  
pp. 81-107
Author(s):  
Thomas A. Widiger ◽  
Douglas B. Samuel ◽  
Stephanie Mullins-Sweatt ◽  
Whitney L. Gore ◽  
Cristina Crego
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Five Factor Model ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Personality Structure ◽  
Dimensional Model ◽  
Personality Functioning ◽  
Dsm 5 ◽  
Diagnosis And Classification

It is evident that the conceptualization, diagnosis, and classification of personality disorder is shifting toward a dimensional model and, more specifically, the Five-Factor Model (FFM) in particular. The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of the FFM of personality disorder. It will begin with a description of this dimensional model of normal and abnormal personality functioning, along with a brief overview of its empirical support. This will be followed by a discussion of its potential advantages, and a comparison with the current proposals for DSM-5.

scholarly journals On the Contributions of a Network Approach to Personality Theory and Research

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 437-439
Author(s):  
R. Michael Furr ◽  
William Fleeson ◽  
Michelle Anderson ◽  
Elizabeth Mayfield Arnold
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Cognitive Theory ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Personality Structure ◽  
Personality Theory ◽  
Network Approach ◽  
Personality Psychology ◽  
Trait Theory

Understanding personality structure and processes is one of the most fundamental goals in personality psychology. The network approach presented by Cramer et al. represents a useful path towards this goal, and we address two facets of their approach. First, we examine the possibility that it solves the problem of breadth, which has inhibited the integration of trait theory with social cognitive theory. Second, we evaluate the value and usability of their proposed method (qgraph), doing so by conducting idiographic analyses of the symptom structure of borderline personality disorder. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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