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Temperament as a unifying basis for personality and psychopathology.

Clark, Lee Anna·2005·Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Abstract

Personality and psychopathology long have been viewed as related domains, but the precise nature of their relations remains unclear. Through most of the 20th century, they were studied as separate fields; within psychopathology, clinical syndromes were separated from personality disorders in 1980. This division led to the revelation of substantial overlap among disorders both within and across axes and to the joint study of normal and abnormal personality. The author reviews these literatures and proposes an integrative framework to explain personality-psychopathology relations: Three broad, innate temperament dimensions--negative affectivity, positive affectivity, and disinhibition--differentiate through both biologically and environmentally based developmental processes into a hierarchical personality trait structure and, at their extremes, are risk factors (diatheses) for psychopathology, especially given adverse life experiences (stress).

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Authors
Clark, L. A.
Affiliations
University of Iowa (US)
Corresponding author
Clark, Lee Anna
Venue
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Published
2005-11
Volume
114
Issue
4
Pages
505-521
ISSN
  • 0021-843X (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1846
OpenAlex
W2059844842
Cited by
796
References
201
Citations by year
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FWCI
37.02
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Abnormal Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
Keywords
temperament, personality, psychopathology, negative affectivity, positive affectivity, disinhibition, personality trait structure, diathesis-stress model, personality disorders, developmental processes, life events
MeSH terms
Humans, Personality Disorders, Temperament, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

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