title: Associations between DSM-5 section III personality traits and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) scales in a psychiatric patient sample.
abstract: Our aim in the current study was to evaluate the convergence between Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5) Section III dimensional personality traits, as operationalized via the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5), and Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) scale scores in a psychiatric patient sample. We used a sample of 346 (171 men, 175 women) patients who were recruited through a university-affiliated psychiatric facility in Toronto, Canada. We estimated zero-order correlations between the PID-5 and MMPI-2-RF substantive scale scores, as well as a series of exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) analyses to examine how these scales converged in multivariate latent space. Results generally showed empirical convergence between the scales of these two measures that were thematically meaningful and in accordance with conceptual expectations. Correlation analyses showed significant associations between conceptually expected scales, and the highest associations tended to be between scales that were theoretically related. ESEM analyses generated evidence for distinct internalizing, externalizing, and psychoticism factors across all analyses. These findings indicate convergence between these two measures and help further elucidate the associations between dysfunctional personality traits and general psychopathology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Alabama.
authors.forename: Jaime L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.affiliation: Research School of Psychology, Australian National University.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sellbom
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough.
authors.forename: Lindsay
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ayearst
authors.affiliation: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto.
authors.forename: Lena C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Quilty
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Southern Methodist University.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chmielewski
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto.
authors.forename: R Michael
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Bagby
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002170:Canada; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010551:Personality; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology