<oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
  <dc:creator>Rossier J</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Rigozzi C</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2008</dc:date>
  <dc:description xmlns:ns0="xml" ns0:lang="en">OBJECTIVE
To describe the relation between personality disorders (PDs) and the Five-Factor Model (FFM)--a dimensional model describing normal personality traits known for its invariance across cultures--in 2 different cultural settings. Several authors have suggested that PDs may be more accurately described using a dimensional model instead of a categorical one.


METHOD
Subjects from 9 French-speaking African countries (n = 2014) and from Switzerland (n = 697) completed both the French version of the International Personality Disorder Examination screening questionnaire, assessing the 10 DSM-IV PDs, and the French version of the Revised NEO Personality Inventory, assessing the 5 domains and 30 facets of the FFM.


RESULTS
Correlations between PDs and the 5 domains of the FFM were similar in both samples. For example, neuroticism was highly correlated with borderline, avoidant, and dependent PDs in both Africa and Switzerland. The total rank-order correlation (rho) between the 2 correlation matrices was very high (rho = 0.93) and significant (P &lt; 0.001), as were the rhos for all domains of the FFM and all PDs, except paranoid and dependent PDs. However, the rhos for PDs across facet scales were all highly significant (P &lt; 0.001). Moreover, 80% of Widiger and colleagues' predictions and 70% of Lynam and Widiger's prototypes, concerning the relation between PDs and the FFM, were confirmed in both samples.


CONCLUSIONS
The relation between PDs and the FFM was stable in 2 samples separated by a great cultural distance. These results suggest that a dimensional approach and in particular the FFM may be useful for describing PDs in various cultural settings.</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>https://sonar.ch/global/documents/46290</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>eng</dc:language>
  <dc:relation>info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1177/070674370805300808</dc:relation>
  <dc:relation>info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/18801215</dc:relation>
  <dc:rights>info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess</dc:rights>
  <dc:source>Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie. - 2008</dc:source>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns1="xml" ns1:lang="en">Adolescent</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns2="xml" ns2:lang="en">Adult</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns3="xml" ns3:lang="en">Africa</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns4="xml" ns4:lang="en">Aged</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns5="xml" ns5:lang="en">Europe</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns6="xml" ns6:lang="en">Female</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns7="xml" ns7:lang="en">France</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns8="xml" ns8:lang="en">Humans</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns9="xml" ns9:lang="en">Language</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns10="xml" ns10:lang="en">Male</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns11="xml" ns11:lang="en">Mass Screening</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns12="xml" ns12:lang="en">Middle Aged</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns13="xml" ns13:lang="en">Personality Disorders</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns14="xml" ns14:lang="en">Personality Inventory</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns15="xml" ns15:lang="en">Surveys and Questionnaires</dc:subject>
  <dc:title xmlns:ns16="xml" ns16:lang="en">Personality disorders and the five-factor model among French speakers in Africa and Europe.</dc:title>
  <dc:type>http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501</dc:type>
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