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A Comparison of Agreeableness Scores from the Big Five Inventory and the Neo PI-R: Consequences for the Study of Narcissism and Psychopathy
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Miller, Joshua D.; Gaughan, Eric T.; Maples, Jessica; Price, Joanna – Assessment, 2011
Despite being significantly correlated, there is evidence to suggest that the scales measuring Agreeableness from the Big Five Inventory (BFI) and the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R) do not capture identical constructs. More specifically, NEO PI-R Agreeableness contains content related to "honesty and humility" that is not…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Personality Measures, Measures (Individuals), Construct Validity
Assessing the Basic Traits Associated with Psychopathy: Development and Validation of the Elemental Psychopathy Assessment
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Lynam, Donald R.; Gaughan, Eric T.; Miller, Joshua D.; Miller, Drew J.; Mullins-Sweatt, Stephanie; Widiger, Thomas A. – Psychological Assessment, 2011
A new self-report assessment of the basic traits of psychopathy was developed with a general trait model of personality (five-factor model [FFM]) as a framework. Scales were written to assess maladaptive variants of the 18 FFM traits that are robustly related to psychopathy across a variety of perspectives including empirical correlations, expert…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Antisocial Behavior, Drinking, Personality
Examining the Construct Validity of the Elemental Psychopathy Assessment
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Miller, Joshua D.; Gaughan, Eric T.; Maples, Jessica; Gentile, Brittany; Lynam, Donald R.; Widiger, Thomas A. – Assessment, 2011
Lynam and colleagues recently developed a new self-report inventory for the assessment of psychopathy, the Elemental Psychopathy Assessment (EPA). Using a sample of undergraduates (N = 227), the authors examined the construct validity of the EPA by examining its correlations with self and stranger ratings on the Five-Factor Model, as well as…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Construct Validity, Intimacy, Social Cognition
Depressive Personality Disorder: A Comparison of Three Self-Report Measures
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Miller, Joshua D.; Tant, Adam; Bagby, R. Michael – Assessment, 2010
Depressive personality disorder (DPD) was included in the appendix of the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders", Fourth Edition ("DSM-IV") for further study. Questions abound regarding this disorder in terms of its distinctiveness from extant diagnostic constructs and clinical significance.This study examines…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Personality Problems, Validity, Personality
Five-Factor Model Prototypes for Personality Disorders: The Utility of Self-Reports and Observer Ratings
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Miller, Joshua D.; Pilkonis, Paul A.; Morse, Jennifer Q. – Assessment, 2004
The current study examined the prototype-matching technique for using the five-factor model (FFM) of personality to assess personality disorders (PDs) and their correlates. The sample was composed of 69 psychiatric patients, most of whom suffered from affective or anxiety disorders. The participants were predominantly outpatients (78%), Caucasian…
Descriptors: Patients, Personality Measures, Personality Problems, Anxiety