In light of current linkage studies in schizophrenia, research on the "schizophrenia spectrum" deserves increased attention for an exact determination of the affected phenotype: Those disorders that have a much higher prevalence among biological relatives of schizophrenia patients are supposed to share common etiological factors with "core" schizophrenia. However, there is controversy over whic...

Research has shown close connections between personality and subjective well-being (SWB), suggesting that personality traits predispose individuals to experience different levels of SWB. Moreover, numerous studies have shown that self-efficacy is related to both personality factors and SWB. Extending previous research, we show that general self-efficacy functionally connects personality factors...

BACKGROUND This study looks at the "bright-side" normal, personality trait correlates of the "dark-side" Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). METHODS Over 5000 British adults completed the NEO-PI-R which measures the Big Five Personality factors at the Domain and the Facet level, as well as the Hogan Development Survey which has a measure of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) called Exci...

Recently, there has been some debate in the psychological literature involving the factor structure of subclinical psychopathy. Hare’s (2003) well-established theory involving an oblique (i.e., correlated) fourfactor solution has recently been challenged by an orthogonal (i.e., uncorrelated) two-factor solution. Using the Hare Self-Report Psychopathy Scale-III (SRP-III; four oblique factors) an...

OBJECTIVE This study describes an empirically derived approach to diagnosing adolescent personality pathology that is clinically relevant and empirically grounded. METHOD A random national sample of psychiatrists and clinical psychologists (N = 950) described a randomly selected adolescent patient (aged 13-18 years, stratified by age and gender) in their care using the Shedler-Westen Assessme...

Agile methodologies are changing the way we develop software. Their emphasis on teamoriented development, joint code ownership, and reliance on people rather than predefined processes to guide activities, is transforming software development into a socio-technical process. As methodologies become increasingly more people and team-oriented, there is an urgent need to investigate the personality ...