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The five-factor model and its assessment in clinical settings.
1Personality Stress and Coping Section, Gerontology Research Center, Baltimore, MD 21224.
Journal of Personality Assessment
|December 1, 1991
Summary
The five-factor model offers a robust framework for understanding personality traits. The NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI) effectively measures these traits, showing utility in both normal and clinical assessments.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Personality Science
Background:
- The five-factor model is widely accepted for personality structure.
- Understanding personality traits is crucial in psychology.
Purpose of the Study:
- Introduce the five-factor model and the NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI).
- Review data on the model's comprehensiveness, reliability, validity, and stability.
- Examine correlations between NEO-PI and clinical instruments (MMPI, MCMI).
Main Methods:
- Literature review of the five-factor model and NEO-PI.
- Analysis of reliability, validity, and stability data for NEO-PI measures.
- Correlational analysis between NEO-PI and MMPI/MCMI scales.
Main Results:
- The five-factor model provides an adequate representation of personality structure.
- NEO-PI is a comprehensive and reliable measure of these factors.
- Correlations illustrate differences and similarities between normal and clinical personality assessments.
Conclusions:
- The NEO-PI is a valuable tool for assessing personality traits within the five-factor framework.
- The model and its measures have implications for clinical psychology.
- Further discussion is needed on the clinical application of the five-factor model.