2016
Dimensions of personality pathology in adolescence
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Publication
Longitudinal associations with Big Five personality dimensions across childhood and adolescence
Journal of Personality Disorders , Volume 2015 - Issue 29 p. 1- 21
To investigate validity of the dimensions that underlie pathological personality in adolescence, we delineated the hierarchical structure of the Dimensional Assessment of Personality Pathology–Short Form–Adolescent version (DAPP-SF-A; Tromp & Koot, 2008) and examined longitudinal associations with Big Five personality dimensions assessed four times from middle childhood to late adolescence. A total of 426 adolescents provided self-reports on the DAPP-SF-A (age M = 18.6, SD = 1.17; 53% female). Mothers provided information on their child’s personality eleven, eight, five, and three years earlier. Previous findings on the hierarchical structure of the DAPP-BQ replicated up to the four-component solution (emotional dysregulation, dissocial behavior, inhibition, and compulsivity). In the solution, a thought disturbance component emerged. Interestingly, the five-component solution already showed most differentiated associations with childhood personality in middle childhood. Childhood personality dimensions predicted four out of five adolescent pathological personality traits, indicating continuity of normal and abnormal personality across childhood and adolescence.
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doi.org/10.1521/pedi_2015_29_190, hdl.handle.net/1765/79682 | |
Journal of Personality Disorders | |
Organisation | Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences |
van den Akker, A., Prinzie, P., & Overbeek, G. (2016). Dimensions of personality pathology in adolescence. Journal of Personality Disorders, 2015(29), 1–21. doi:10.1521/pedi_2015_29_190 |