title: Dimensional models of personality: the five-factor model and the DSM-5.
abstract: It is evident that the classification of personality disorder is shifting toward a dimensional trait model and, more specifically, the five-factor model (FFM). The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the FFM of personality disorder. It will begin with a description of this dimensional model of normal and abnormal personality functioning, followed by a comparison with a proposal for future revisions to DSM-5 and a discussion of its potential advantages as an integrative hierarchical model of normal and abnormal personality structure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: Timothy J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Trull
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Widiger
mesh_terms: D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010551:Personality / Q000145:classification*; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis*
keywords: DSM-5; DSM-IV-TR; dimensional; five-factor model; personality; personality disorder; trait