Hostname: page-component-8448b6f56d-c47g7 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-19T12:26:56.661Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

A General Factor of Personality (GFP) in the Personality Disorders: Three Studies of the Dimensional Assessment of Personality Pathology — Basic Questionnaire (DAPP-BQ)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2012

J. Philippe Rushton ,
Paul Irwing  and
Tom Booth
J. Philippe Rushton*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, Canada. rushton@uwo.ca
Paul Irwing
Affiliation:
Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, United Kingdom.
Tom Booth
Affiliation:
Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, United Kingdom.
*
*Address for correspondence: J. Philippe Rushton, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.

Abstract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

We used structural equation modeling to test the hypothesis that a General Factor of Personality (GFP) occupies the apex of the hierarchy of personality disorders in three validation samples of the Dimensional Assessment of Personality Pathology — Basic Questionnaire (DAPP-BQ). In a general population sample (N = 942), we found a GFP explained 34% of the variance in four first-order factors and 33% of the variance in all 18 scales. In a twin sample (N = 1,346), a GFP explained 35% of the variance in four first-order factors and 34% of the variance in all 18 scales. In a clinical sample (N = 656), a GFP explained 34% of the variance in four first-order factors and 30% of the variance in all 18 scales.

Keywords

General Factor of PersonalityGFPDiagnostic and Statistical ManualDSMDimensional Assessment of Personality PathologyDAPP-BQ
Type
Articles
Information
Twin Research and Human Genetics , Volume 13 , Issue 4 , 01 August 2010 , pp. 301 - 311
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010