FIVE-FACTOR MODEL OF PERSONALITY & PSYCHOLOGY
I. Introduction..............................................2
II. Five Factor Model.........................................2
Description...............................................2
Other factor models.......................................2
FFM dimensions............................................3
Dimension descriptions....................................3
FFM measurement instruments...............................4
Category versus dimensional approaches....................4
III. FFM & Personality Disorders...............................5
Validity..................................................5
Wiggins and Pincus........................................5
Costa and Widiger.........................................6
Costa and McCrae..........................................7
Reservations..............................................8
IV. FFM & Other Clinical Applications........................10
Addiction, symptoms, and AIDS risk.......................11
Drug abuse...............................................11
Sexual offenders.........................................12
V. FFM & Treatment Planning.................................13
FFM and trait understanding for treatment................13
Traits and treatment types...............................13
VI. FFM & Health Research....................................14
VII. Unresolved Issues........................................15
Dual system of diagnosis.................................16
VIII. Conclusions..............................................16
FIVE-FACTOR MODEL OF PERSONALITY & PSYCHOLOGY
This research paper presents the Five Factor Model of Personality and how it relates to general psychology practice. The relationships between the Five Factor Model and personality disorders, other clinical issues,...