Maladaptively high and low openness: the case for experiential permeability.
The domain of Openness within the Five-Factor Model (FFM) has received inconsistent support as a source for maladaptive personality functioning, at least when the latter is confined to the disorders of personality included within the American Psychiatric Association's (APA) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR; APA, ). However, an advantage of the FFM relative to the DSM-IV-TR is that the former was developed to provide a reasonably comprehensive description of general personality structure. Rather than suggest that the FFM is inadequate because the DSM-IV-TR lacks much representation of Openness, it might be just as reasonable to suggest that the DSM-IV-TR is inadequate because it lacks an adequate representation of maladaptive variants of both high and low Openness. This article discusses the development and validation of a measure of these maladaptive variants, the Experiential Permeability Inventory.
Department of Pastoral Counseling, Loyola University Maryland, Columbia, MD 21093, USA. rpiedmont@loyola.edu
Ralph L
RL
Piedmont
Martin F
MF
Sherman
Nancy C
NC
Sherman
D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010551:Personality / Q000145:classification*; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000592:standards*; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards; D011594:Psychometrics; D011613:Psychotherapy; D015203:Reproducibility of Results