Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Disorders
- The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Disorders
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Etiology
- Part II Models
- Part III Individual Disorders and Clusters
- Part IV Assessment
- 14 Methods and Current Issues in Dimensional Assessments of Personality Pathology
- 14a The Clinical Utility and Applications of Dimensional Assessments of Personality Pathology: Commentary on Methods and Current Issues in Dimensional Assessments of Personality Pathology
- 14b New and Continuing Developments in the Assessment of Personality Disorders: Commentary on Methods and Current Issues in Dimensional Assessments of Personality Pathology
- 14c The Importance of Multiple Sources, Longitudinal Assessment, and Clinical Utility: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on Methods and Current Issues in Dimensional Assessments of Personality Pathology
- 15 Categorical Assessment of Personality Disorders: Considerations of Reliability and Validity
- 15a Categories, Constructs, and the Assessment of Personality Pathology: Commentary on Categorical Assessment of Personality Disorders
- 15b The Need for a More Rigorous Approach to Diagnostic Reliability: Commentary on Categorical Assessment of Personality Disorders
- 15c Balancing Hopeful and Pessimistic Views of the Future of Categorical Assessment: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on Categorical Assessment of Personality Disorders
- 16 Assessment of Mechanisms in Personality Disorders
- 16a Parts, Wholes, and Explanations of Personality and Its Pathologies: Commentary on Assessment of Mechanisms in Personality Disorders
- 16b Genetic and Environmental Mechanisms in BPD over the Lifespan: Commentary on Assessment of Mechanisms in Personality Disorders
- 16c Complexity and Transactions: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on Assessment of Mechanisms in Personality Disorders
- Part V Treatment
- Index
- References
15a - Categories, Constructs, and the Assessment of Personality Pathology: Commentary on Categorical Assessment of Personality Disorders
from Part IV - Assessment
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 February 2020
Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Disorders
- The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Disorders
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Etiology
- Part II Models
- Part III Individual Disorders and Clusters
- Part IV Assessment
- 14 Methods and Current Issues in Dimensional Assessments of Personality Pathology
- 14a The Clinical Utility and Applications of Dimensional Assessments of Personality Pathology: Commentary on Methods and Current Issues in Dimensional Assessments of Personality Pathology
- 14b New and Continuing Developments in the Assessment of Personality Disorders: Commentary on Methods and Current Issues in Dimensional Assessments of Personality Pathology
- 14c The Importance of Multiple Sources, Longitudinal Assessment, and Clinical Utility: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on Methods and Current Issues in Dimensional Assessments of Personality Pathology
- 15 Categorical Assessment of Personality Disorders: Considerations of Reliability and Validity
- 15a Categories, Constructs, and the Assessment of Personality Pathology: Commentary on Categorical Assessment of Personality Disorders
- 15b The Need for a More Rigorous Approach to Diagnostic Reliability: Commentary on Categorical Assessment of Personality Disorders
- 15c Balancing Hopeful and Pessimistic Views of the Future of Categorical Assessment: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on Categorical Assessment of Personality Disorders
- 16 Assessment of Mechanisms in Personality Disorders
- 16a Parts, Wholes, and Explanations of Personality and Its Pathologies: Commentary on Assessment of Mechanisms in Personality Disorders
- 16b Genetic and Environmental Mechanisms in BPD over the Lifespan: Commentary on Assessment of Mechanisms in Personality Disorders
- 16c Complexity and Transactions: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on Assessment of Mechanisms in Personality Disorders
- Part V Treatment
- Index
- References
Summary
Flory (this volume) provides a compelling review of evidence bearing on the reliability and validity of diagnostic interviews for personality disorders (PDs). This commentary discusses several issues central to this topic, among the most important of which are: (1) the importance of distinguishing PD categories and constructs from the measures used to quantify them; and (2) the need to separate critiques of overarching conceptual frameworks (e.g., the dimensional perspective on personality) from criticisms of narrower assessment rubrics (e.g., the Five-Factor Model). Given the introspective limitations inherent in human information processing—limitations which are magnified in many forms of personality pathology—rigorous validation of PD assessment tools requires that researchers complement self-report outcome measures with behavioral and performance-based indices of personality dysfunction. To illuminate causal relationships among different features of personality pathology researchers must use experimental methods to alter PD-related psychological processes and assess the impact of these manipulations on affect, cognition, and behavior.
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