Citation

Gudonis LC, Miller DJ, Miller JD, Lynam DR. Pers. Ment. Health 2008; 2(4): 249-264.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/pmh.50

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Research suggests that personality disorders (PDs) can be conceptualized as constellations of traits from a general model of personality functioning. This research examined the ability of the five-factor model (FFM) to conceptualize antisocial PD (APD). Participants consisted of 481 21 to 22-year-old men and women who were part of the Lexington Longitudinal Study. APD was assessed by the degree of resemblance to an expert-generated APD FFM prototype, using the FFM count approach, and through the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS). FFM APD was related to childhood delinquency, substance use, aggression, risky sexual behaviour, externalizing disorder symptoms, psychopathy, education and employment. The profile of these relations was very similar in shape and magnitude to results obtained using the DIS. There was also a high degree of predictive overlap between the assessments. Results were not due to personality pathology generally. These results offer support for the FFM understanding of the PDs more generally, and APD specifically. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.