Date Available
7-26-2018
Year of Publication
2018
Document Type
Doctoral Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
College
Arts and Sciences
Department/School/Program
Psychology
Advisor
Dr. Thomas A. Widiger
Abstract
The predominant model of general personality structure is arguably the Five Factor Model (FFM), consisting of the five broad domains of neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness. The FFM of personality disorder (FFMPD) has proposed maladaptive variants at both poles of the FFM. The purpose of the current study was to identify a subset of FFMPD scales, utilizing factor analysis, that illustrate, and provide a potential measure of, the bipolarity present in the FFMPD. All of the FFMPD scales were administered to 443 community participants recruited from Amazon Mechanical Turk. Bipolarity was evident in a series of factor analyses of subsets of FFMPD scales, with the exception of openness. The current study also demonstrated that the presence of bipolarity is impaired by a number of concerns, including the presence of non-diametric scales, bloated specific factors, general factor of personality disorder, and occupation of interstitial space.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/etd.2018.335
Recommended Citation
Crego, Cristina, "BIPOLARITY AND THE FIVE FACTOR MODEL OF PERSONALITY DISORDER" (2018). Theses and Dissertations--Psychology. 143.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/psychology_etds/143
