PSYC 2740 Lecture Notes - Psychopathy Checklist, Psychoticism, Trait Theory
29 Jul 2013
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Most people with personality disorders are unaware of the negative aspects of their personality and how it causes distresses, not only for themselves but also to the people around them. Ways that personality variables may be important to mental health and psychopathy: personality factors may serve as vulnerability factors that are involved in the etiology of psychopathology. Personality also plays a role in the persistence or long-term stability of psychopathology. Personality factors may predict symptom profile differences and help explain some of the heterogeneity among people who share the same diagnosis yet differ in the symptoms they express. Personality may have a direct role in determining how a person responds to their dysfunction by influencing such things as the willingness to seek help. Characteristics that cause significant distress to self or to other people. The pattern of the behaviour is associated with significant impairment or disability. Important to remember cultural differences when determining whether a behaviour is abnormal.
