Functioning Styles of Personality Disorders and Five-factor Normal Personality Traits: a Correlation Study in Chinese Students

Overview

Journal BMC Psychiatry

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialty Psychiatry

Date 2003 Sep 18

PMID 13129438

Citations 7

Authors

Wei Wang

Lan Hu

Ling Mu

Dahong Chen

Qi Song

Mengping Zhou

Weijuan Zhang

Jun Hou

Zhigang Li

Jun Wang

Jianhui Liu

Chengsen He

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Abstract

Background: Previous studies show that both the categorical and dimensional descriptors of personality disorders are correlated with normal personality traits. Recently, a 92-item inventory, the Parker Personality Measure (PERM) was designed as a more efficient and precise first-level assessment of personality disorders. Whether the PERM constructs are correlated with those of the five-factor models of personality needs to be clarified.

Methods: We therefore invited 913 students from poly-technical schools and colleges in China to answer the PERM, the Five-Factor Nonverbal Personality Questionnaire (FFNPQ), and the Zuckerman-Kuhlman Personality Questionnaire (ZKPQ).

Results: Most personality constructs had satisfactory internal alphas. PERM constructs were loaded with FFNPQ and ZKPQ traits clearly on four factors, which can be labelled as Dissocial, Emotional Dysregulation, Inhibition and Compulsivity, as reported previously. FFNPQ Openness to Experience, Conscientiousness and Extraversion formed another Factor, named Experience Hunting, which was not clearly covered by PERM or ZKPQ.

Conclusion: The PERM constructs were loaded in a predictable way on the disordered super-traits, suggesting the PERM might offer assistance measuring personality function in clinical practice.

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