Latent factors of the alternative DSM-5 model for personality disorders: Associations with psychopathology and psychosocial functioning using self- and interviewer-report methods.

ABSTRACT: The alternative model for personality disorders (AMPD) constitutes a major shift in conceptualizing personality pathology and has gained considerable attention among both clinicians and personality pathology researchers. The AMPD has two core components: personality dysfunction (Criterion A) and maladaptive traits (Criterion B). As measures of these components are strongly correlated in self-report, cross-sectional data, some researchers question Criterion A's necessity. We used both self- and interviewer-reported methods to enhance understanding of these AMPD components through principal factors analysis (PFA) and bifactor analysis. Further, we investigated these factors' associations with psychopathology (e.g., mood and anxiety disorder symptoms, criteria for substance use disorders) and

SUBMITTER: Ro E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12614452 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature