title: DSM-5 pathological personality traits and the personality assessment inventory.
abstract: Section 3 of the DSM-5 will include a pathological personality trait system rooted in the quantitative epistemology of personality and clinical psychology. This system has the potential to enhance the clinical utility of the diagnostic nosology by providing a means for the dimensional assessment of individuals with psychopathology. However, there is limited research on the associations of DSM-5 traits with common mental disorders and related clinical phenomena as measured by currently popular assessment instruments. The purpose of this article was to evaluate the convergence of the DSM-5 trait system with a well-validated broadband clinical instrument, the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI). Bivariate correlations were examined and factor analytic methods were used to examine the degree to which the DSM-5 traits and PAI capture common variance in personality and mental health. In a student sample (N = 1,001), we found broad convergence between the DSM-5 traits and PAI, which could be organized effectively using five factors. The implications of these findings for using traits to address issues related to diagnostic co-occurrence and heterogeneity in routine clinical assessment are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. hopwood2@msu.edu
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Hopwood
authors.forename: Aidan G C
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: Robert F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Krueger
authors.forename: Nick
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Schade
authors.forename: Kristian E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Markon
authors.forename: Leslie C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Morey
mesh_terms: D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011594:Psychometrics; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: DSM-5; PAI; PID-5; traits