PMID- 27797543 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180608 LR - 20190508 IS - 1949-2723 (Electronic) IS - 1949-2715 (Print) IS - 1949-2723 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 4 DP - 2017 Oct TI - Personality and life events in a personality disorder sample. PG - 376-382 LID - 10.1037/per0000214 [doi] AB - Individuals with a personality disorder (PD) tend to experience more negative life events (NLEs) than positive life events (PLEs). In community samples, the Five Factor Model of personality (FFM) predicts both positive and negative life events. The present research examined whether FFM normal personality traits were associated with positive and negative life events among individuals with 1 of 4 PDs: avoidant, borderline, schizotypal, and obsessive-compulsive, and tested whether associations between the FFM of personality and PLEs and NLEs were similar across the 4 PD groups and a control group. Among aggregated PDs, neuroticism was positively associated with NLEs, whereas extraversion, openness to experience, and conscientiousness were positively associated with PLEs. Comparisons of each PD group to a control group of individuals with a major depressive disorder indicated that the FFM traits operated similarly across clinical samples with and without PD. Our findings indicate that normal personality traits can be used to help understand the lives of individuals with PD. (PsycINFO Database Record CI - (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved). FAU - Timoney, Linden R AU - Timoney LR AD - Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia. FAU - Walsh, Zach AU - Walsh Z AD - Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia. FAU - Shea, M Tracie AU - Shea MT AD - Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University Alpert Medical School. FAU - Yen, Shirley AU - Yen S AD - Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University Alpert Medical School. FAU - Ansell, Emily B AU - Ansell EB AD - Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine. FAU - Grilo, Carlos M AU - Grilo CM AD - Department of Psychiatry and Department of Psychology, Yale University School of Medicine. FAU - McGlashan, Thomas H AU - McGlashan TH AD - Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine. FAU - Stout, Robert L AU - Stout RL AD - Decision Sciences Institute, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation. FAU - Bender, Donna S AU - Bender DS AD - Institute for Mental Health Research. FAU - Skodol, Andrew E AU - Skodol AE AD - Department of Psychiatry, University of Arizona College of Medicine. FAU - Sanislow, Charles A AU - Sanislow CA AD - Department of Psychiatry, University of Arizona College of Medicine. FAU - Morey, Leslie C AU - Morey LC AD - Department of Psychology, Texas A&M University. FAU - Gunderson, John G AU - Gunderson JG AD - Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School. LA - eng GR - K05 MH001654/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 MH050839/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - UL1 TR001863/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 MH050838/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - National Institute of Mental Health/ GR - K23 MH073708/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 MH050837/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R10 MH050837/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 MH050850/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada/ GR - R01 MH050840/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20161031 PL - United States TA - Personal Disord JT - Personality disorders JID - 101517071 SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Female MH - Humans MH - *Life Change Events MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - *Models, Psychological MH - *Personality MH - Personality Disorders/*psychology MH - Young Adult PMC - PMC5411350 MID - NIHMS819829 COIS- Conflict of interest: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2016/11/01 06:00 MHDA- 2018/06/09 06:00 PMCR- 2018/10/01 CRDT- 2016/11/01 06:00 PHST- 2016/11/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/06/09 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/11/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 2016-52572-001 [pii] AID - 10.1037/per0000214 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Personal Disord. 2017 Oct;8(4):376-382. doi: 10.1037/per0000214. Epub 2016 Oct 31.