The joint structure of normal and pathological personality : further evidence for a dimensional model

Hengartner, Michael Pascal; Ajdacic-Gross, Vladeta; Rodgers, Stephanie; Müller, Mario; Rössler, Wulf

doi:10.1016/j.comppsych.2013.10.011

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	The joint structure of normal and pathological personality : further evidence for a dimensional model
Authors:	Hengartner, Michael Pascal Ajdacic-Gross, Vladeta Rodgers, Stephanie Müller, Mario Rössler, Wulf
DOI:	10.1016/j.comppsych.2013.10.011
Published in:	Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume(Issue):	55
Issue:	3
Page(s):	667
Pages to:	674
Issue Date:	2014
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0010-440X 1532-8384
Language:	English
Subjects:	Adult; Factor Analysis, Statistical; Female; Humans; Personality Disorders; Personality Inventory; Psychometrics; Switzerland; Young Adult; Models, Psychological; Personality
Subject (DDC):	155: Differential and developmental psychology
Abstract:	Objective: The literature proposes a joint structure of normal and pathological personality with higher-order factors mainly based on the five-factor model of personality (FFM). The purpose of the present study was to examine the joint structure of the FFM and the DSM-IV personality disorders (PDs) and to discuss this structure with regard to higher-order domains commonly reported in the literature. Methods: We applied a canonical correlation analysis, a series of principal component analyses with oblique Promax rotation and a bi-factor analysis with Geomin rotation on 511 subjects of the general population of Zurich, Switzerland, using data from the ZInEP Epidemiology Survey. Results: The 5 FFM traits and the 10 DSM-IV PD dimensions shared 77% of total variance. Component extraction tests pointed towards a two- and three-component solution. The two-component solution comprised a first component with strong positive loadings on neuroticism and all 10 PD dimensions and a second component with strong negative loadings on extraversion and openness and positive loadings on schizoid and avoidant PDs. The three-component solution added a third component with strong positive loadings on conscientiousness and agreeableness and a negative loading on antisocial PD. The bi-factor model provided evidence for 1 general personality dysfunction factor related to neuroticism and 5 group factors, although the interpretability of the latter was limited. Conclusions: Normal and pathological personality domains are not isomorphic or superposable, although they share a substantial proportion of variance. The two and three higher-order domains extracted in the present study correspond well to equivalent factor-solutions reported in the literature. Moreover, these superordinate factors can consistently be integrated within a hierarchical structure of alternative four- and five-factor models. The top of the hierarchy presumably constitutes a general personality dysfunction factor which is closely related to neuroticism.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/15126
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Departement:	Applied Psychology
Organisational Unit:	Psychological Institute (PI)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen Angewandte Psychologie

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Hengartner, M. P., Ajdacic-Gross, V., Rodgers, S., Müller, M., & Rössler, W. (2014). The joint structure of normal and pathological personality : further evidence for a dimensional model. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 55(3), 667–674. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2013.10.011

Hengartner, M.P. et al. (2014) ‘The joint structure of normal and pathological personality : further evidence for a dimensional model’, Comprehensive Psychiatry, 55(3), pp. 667–674. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2013.10.011.

M. P. Hengartner, V. Ajdacic-Gross, S. Rodgers, M. Müller, and W. Rössler, “The joint structure of normal and pathological personality : further evidence for a dimensional model,” Comprehensive Psychiatry, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 667–674, 2014, doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2013.10.011.

HENGARTNER, Michael Pascal, Vladeta AJDACIC-GROSS, Stephanie RODGERS, Mario MÜLLER und Wulf RÖSSLER, 2014. The joint structure of normal and pathological personality : further evidence for a dimensional model. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 2014. Bd. 55, Nr. 3, S. 667–674. DOI 10.1016/j.comppsych.2013.10.011

Hengartner, Michael Pascal, Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross, Stephanie Rodgers, Mario Müller, and Wulf Rössler. 2014. “The Joint Structure of Normal and Pathological Personality : Further Evidence for a Dimensional Model.” Comprehensive Psychiatry 55 (3): 667–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2013.10.011.

Hengartner, Michael Pascal, et al. “The Joint Structure of Normal and Pathological Personality : Further Evidence for a Dimensional Model.” Comprehensive Psychiatry, vol. 55, no. 3, 2014, pp. 667–74, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2013.10.011.