PMID- 20537405
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110303
LR  - 20151119
IS  - 0165-1781 (Print)
IS  - 0165-1781 (Linking)
VI  - 185
IP  - 1-2
DP  - 2011 Jan 30
TI  - The hierarchic structure in schizotypy and the five-factor model of personality.
PG  - 78-83
LID - 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.07.018 [doi]
AB  - Schizotypal personality traits (schizotypy) might be seen as on a continuum with 
      schizophrenia. However, controversy remains with regard to whether this continuum 
      is quasi-dimensional, applying only to people with schizophrenia and schizotypy, 
      or fully dimensional, applying to all people. If the fully dimensional model is 
      accurate, schizotypy could be described by the same personality theories as are 
      applied to people in general. We examined the relationship between schizotypy and 
      the five-factor model of personality (FFM), which is arguably the most 
      established contemporary personality theory. When we assumed a hierarchic 
      structure of schizotypy factors, we found that the FFM scales could explain 
      schizotypy fairly well regardless of the questionnaires used, suggesting that 
      schizotypy might represent a variation better understood by reference to typical 
      dimensions of personality, though it might still indicate a predisposition to 
      schizophrenia. This article discusses this conclusion in relation to each of the 
      five personality factors. A perspective that situates schizophrenia on a 
      continuum with general personality variations implies that this disorder 
      constitutes a potential risk for everyone and, thus, helps to promote 
      understanding and correct misunderstandings that contribute to prejudice.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Asai, Tomohisa
AU  - Asai T
AD  - Department of Cognitive and Behavioral Science, Graduate School of Arts and 
      Sciences, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan. 
      as@beck.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp
FAU - Sugimori, Eriko
AU  - Sugimori E
FAU - Bando, Naoko
AU  - Bando N
FAU - Tanno, Yoshihiko
AU  - Tanno Y
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20101209
PL  - Ireland
TA  - Psychiatry Res
JT  - Psychiatry research
JID - 7911385
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - *Models, Psychological
MH  - Personality/*physiology
MH  - Personality Inventory
MH  - Regression Analysis
MH  - Schizotypal Personality Disorder/*diagnosis/*psychology
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2010/06/12 06:00
MHDA- 2011/03/04 06:00
CRDT- 2010/06/12 06:00
PHST- 2009/02/18 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2009/06/07 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2009/07/18 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2010/06/12 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/06/12 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/03/04 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0165-1781(09)00283-2 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.07.018 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Psychiatry Res. 2011 Jan 30;185(1-2):78-83. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.07.018. 
      Epub 2010 Dec 9.