title: Neurobiological dimensional models of personality: a review of the models of Cloninger, Depue, and Siever.
abstract: Neurobiological dimensional models of personality aim to account for the structure of personality traits and disorders through links to neurotransmitter systems. Three such models are reviewed: those of Cloninger, Depue, and Siever. While these proposals have heuristic value, none of them has obtained strong empirical support. Our current understanding of neurobiology is insufficient to develop a model of personality on this basis. At this point, dimensions of personality should be derived from factor analysis rather than from neurobiological theories.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. joel.paris@mcgill.ca
authors.forename: Joel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Paris
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009446:Neurobiology / Q000592:standards; D010551:Personality; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D010556:Personality Tests; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales