PERSONALITY DISORDERS AND THE
FIVE-FACTOR MODEL OF PERSONALITY
THIRD EDITION
Edited by Thomas A. Widiger and Paul T. Costa, Jr.
Since the second edition of this authoritative text was published in 2002, the research
base supporting the Five-Factor Model (FFM) of personality disorder has more than
quadrupled. As a result, the vast majority of this volume is new.
This book explains how personality disorders can be understood from the perspective
of the FFM, the most heavily researched and empirically supported dimensional model
of general personality structure. The chapters summarize the conceptual and empirical
support for the FFM, including the dimensional description of specific personality
disorders and the application of the model for assessment and treatment. Case studies are
also provided.
The volume is an essential reference for clinicians, researchers, and graduate students
who work with personality disorders. No other currently published text is as fully
informed or as closely coordinated with the likely forthcoming DSM- 5 personality
disorder nomenclature. 2013. 496 pages. Harrdcover.
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CONTENTS:
1. Personality Disorders and the Five Factor Model: Rationale for the Third Edition | I. Conceptual and Empirical Background |
2. Introduction to the Empirical and Theoretical Status of the Five-Factor Model of Personality Traits | 3. On the Valid Description of Personality
Dysfunction | 4. Childhood Antecedents of Personality Disorder: A Five Factor Model Perspective | 5. Universality of the Five-Factor Model
of Personality | 6. Five Factor Model Personality Disorder Research | II. Patient Populations | 7. Psychopathy From the Perspective of the
Five Factor Model of Personality | 8. Borderline Personality Disorder: A Five Factor Model Perspective | 9. Narcissistic Personality Disorder
(NPD) and the Five Factor Model: Delineating NPD, Grandiose Narcissism, and Vulnerable Narcissism | 10. A Five-Factor Model Perspective
of Schizotypal Personality Disorder | 11. Dependency and the Five Factor Model | 12. Depressive Personality Disorder and the Five Factor
Model | 13. Alexithymia and the Five-Factor Model of Personality | 14. Five Factor Model Personality Functioning in Adults With Intellectual
Disabilities | III. Assessment | 15. Assessing the Five-Factor Model of Personality Disorder | 16. Informant Reports and the Assessment of
Personality Disorders Using the Five Factor Model | 17. Prototype Matching and the Five-Factor Model: Capturing the DSM Personality
Disorders | 18. Using the Five Factor Model to Assess Disordered Personality | IV. Clinical Application | 19. Diagnosis of Personality Disorder
Using the Five-Factor Model and the Proposed DSM- 5 | 20. Clinical Utility of the Five Factor Model of Personality Disorder | 21. Further Use
of the NEO PI-R Personality Dimensions in Treatment Planning | 22. Treatment of Personality Disorders from the Perspective of the Five Factor
Model | 23. Cross-Over Analysis: Using the FFM and NEO PI-R for Assessing Couples | 24. Dialectical Behavior Therapy from the Perspective
of the Five-Factor Model of Personality | 25. Disorders of Personality: Clinical Treatment from a Five Factor Model Perspective |
V. Conclusions and Future Research | 26. Final Word and Future Research | Appendices | A. Description of NEO PI-R Facet Scales
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