title: A closer look at the lower-order structure of the Personality Inventory for DSM-5: comparison with the Five-Factor Model.
abstract: The Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5) was developed as a measure of the maladaptive personality trait model included within Section III of the DSM-5. Although preliminary findings have suggested the PID-5 has a five-factor structure that overlaps considerably with the Five-Factor Model (FFM) at the higher order level, there has been much less attention on the specific locations of the 25 lower-order traits. Joint exploratory factor analysis of the PID-5 traits and the 30 facets of the NEO-PI-R were used to determine the lower-order structure of the PID-5. Results indicated the PID-5's domain-level structure closely resembled the FFM. We also explored the placement of several lower-order facets that have not loaded consistently in previous studies. Overall, these results indicate that the PID-5 shares a common structure with the FFM and clarify the placement of some interstitial facets. More research investigating the lower-order facets is needed to determine how they fit into the hierarchical structure and explicate their relationships to existing measures of pathological traits.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University.
authors.forename: Sarah A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Griffin
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University.
authors.forename: Douglas B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Samuel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000592:standards*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D055815:Young Adult