PMID- 34985340 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220803 LR - 20220927 IS - 1943-2763 (Electronic) IS - 0885-579X (Linking) VI - 36 IP - 4 DP - 2022 Aug TI - Why, How, and When to Integrate Narrative Identity Within Dimensional Approaches to Personality Disorders. PG - 377-398 LID - 10.1521/pedi_2012_35_540 [doi] AB - Researchers and clinicians are beginning to adopt dimensional approaches in the study and treatment of personality disorders (PD). Although dimensional approaches in the DSM-5 and ICD-11 hold considerable benefit, they need to better incorporate an appreciation of individuals' life stories, or narrative identities. Doing so will be necessary to flesh out the emphasis that both frameworks place on the role of identity in personality pathology. In this article, the authors review why, how, and when narrative identity theory and research can be integrated within dimensional approaches to PD. The authors describe established ways to assess narrative identity, review extant research on this construct in relation to PD, and signal areas crucial for future research. Stories lie at the heart of what it means to be human. The authors conclude that a greater consideration of the ways in which the self is storied can help further understanding and treatment of PD. FAU - Lind, Majse AU - Lind M AD - University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. FAU - Sharp, Carla AU - Sharp C AD - University of Houston, Houston, Texas. FAU - Dunlop, William L AU - Dunlop WL AD - University of California, Riverside. AD - Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220105 PL - United States TA - J Pers Disord JT - Journal of personality disorders JID - 8710838 SB - IM MH - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders MH - Humans MH - International Classification of Diseases MH - *Personality MH - *Personality Disorders/diagnosis/therapy OTO - NOTNLM OT - DSM-5 OT - ICD-11 OT - dimensional approaches OT - narrative identity OT - personality disorders EDAT- 2022/01/06 06:00 MHDA- 2022/08/04 06:00 CRDT- 2022/01/05 12:15 PHST- 2022/01/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/08/04 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/01/05 12:15 [entrez] AID - 10.1521/pedi_2012_35_540 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Pers Disord. 2022 Aug;36(4):377-398. doi: 10.1521/pedi_2012_35_540. Epub 2022 Jan 5.