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Examining the Contribution of Perfectionistic Traits to the Construct Validity of the DSM-5 Alternative Model of Personality Disorder
- Source :
- Journal of Personality Disorders. :1-18
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Guilford Publications, 2020.
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Abstract
- Scholars of perfectionism have proposed significant modifications to DSM-5's alternative model of personality disorders (AMPD), such that (1) perfectionism be expanded beyond the inclusion of a singular trait—rigid perfectionism—and (2) perfectionistic traits be specified as trait descriptors of personality disorders (PDs) other than obsessive-compulsive PD. In this study, we evaluate these proposals by examining the degree to which (a) perfectionistic traits are already instantiated in Section II and Section III models of personality pathology; and (b) perfectionistic traits meaningfully augment the construct validity of AMPD PDs. We conducted these approaches in a large sample (N =3D 435) from an Iranian undergraduate population that is atypically found in the literature. Results showed that perfectionistic traits are already fairly well instantiated in Section III Criterion B. Perfectionistic traits minimally improved the construct validity of OCPD, but did not meaningfully do so for other PDs. Future investigation into the clinical utility of perfectionistic traits is needed.
- Subjects :
- 050103 clinical psychology
education.field_of_study
media_common.quotation_subject
05 social sciences
Population
Personality pathology
Construct validity
050109 social psychology
Perfectionism (psychology)
medicine.disease
medicine.disease_cause
Personality disorders
Obsessive–compulsive personality disorder
Psychiatry and Mental health
Clinical Psychology
Narcissistic personality disorder
medicine
Personality
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Psychology
education
Clinical psychology
media_common
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 0885579X
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Personality Disorders
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........3691050fd3c3a3ab4c6c38271a1b1071