Correspondence among observer ratings of Rorschach, Big Five Model, and DSM-IV personality disorder constructs.
Observer ratings were collected using instruments designed to measure the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.; American Psychiatric Association, 1994) personality disorders (Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-4+ [PDQ-4+]; Hyler, 1994), the Big Five model (B5M; Goldberg's [1999] International Personality Item Pool), and Rorschach-derived constructs. For the latter, we revised the Rorschach Rating Scale (Meyer, Bates, & Gacono, 1999) to lower its reading level and renamed it the Rorschach Construct Scale (RCS) to emphasize its reliance on rated constructs. The RCS consists of 6 factors. Joint factor analysis of RCS, PDQ-4+, and B5M items also resulted in 6 factors: Self-Centeredly Exploitative, Poor Ego Resiliency, Extraversion, Task Conscientiousness, Openness to Ideas, and Emotional and Expressive Constriction. The first 2 factors received high loadings from RCS, PDQ-4+, and B5M variables. The sixth factor received high loadings from just RCS variables.
Mihura
Joni L
JL
Department of Psychology, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, USA. jlmihura@aol.com
Meyer
Gregory J
GJ
Bel-Bahar
Tarik
T
Gunderson
Jennifer
J
D000328:Adult; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015588:Observer Variation; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000145:classification*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012392:Rorschach Test; D014481:United States