Although the current diagnostic manual conceptualizes personality disorders (PDs) as categorical entities, an alternative perspective is that PDs represent maladaptive extreme versions of the same traits that describe normal personality. Existing evidence indicates that normal personality traits, such as those assessed by the five-factor model (FFM), share a common structure and obtain reasonab...

objective: despite the fact that new criteria for borderline personality disorder (bpd) were resulted from five-factor model (ffm), there are a small number of studies that investigate the relation between proposed personality traits and ffm. also, cross-cultural study in this field is needed continuously. though, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the relation between the ffm and dsm...

This study investigated whether profiles of traits included in the Schedule for Nonadaptive and Adaptive Personality (SNAP; Clark, 1993) model of personality were valid indicators of different personality pathologies in a non-clinical sample. We obtained self-reports of SNAP traits for 117 university students and selfand informant-reports of normal personality traits. SNAP trait profiles repres...

The purpose of this ex post facto study has been to test a structural model of the mediating roles of self-esteem and perfectionism in the relationship between personality traits and eating disorders (ED). The sample consisted of 155 women (from 18 to 31 years). Ninety three met the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for some type of ED, 31 women formed the symptomatic group, with high risk of ED, and ...

Self-destruction behaviors in adolescents constitute a serious mental health problem, with approximately 80% of suicidal thoughts and attempts present in adolescents struggling with a psychiatric disorder [1,2]. Depression, substance use, borderline personality traits and dissociative symptoms or disorders have been identified as the major proximal risk factors for selfdestruction behaviors in ...

Borderline schizophrenia is held to be a valid entity that should be included in the DSM-III. It is a chronic illness that may be associated with many other symptoms but is best characterized by perceptual-cognitive abnormalities. It has a familial distribution and a genetic relationship with schizophrenia. The term schizotypal personality is an acceptable alternative to borderline schizophreni...

Bipolar affective disorder and borderline personality disorder have the incidence of early sexual abuse but not early trauma in general, the loss. Title: Lost in fragmentation. Schema modes, childhood trauma, and anger in borderline and antisocial personality disorder. Author(s): Lobbestael, J. Type. Learn all about borderline personality disorder the serious emotional condition. American Journ...

Empirical evidence is increasing in support of the validity of the construct of borderline personality disorder (BPD) in adolescence. There is growing consensus that the early identification and treatment of emerging borderline traits may be an important focus. However, few diagnostic (questionnaire- or interview-based) measures specifically developed or adapted for adolescents and children exi...