The big five factors of personality and their relationship to personality disorders

Articles examining the relationship between the Big Five factors of personality and personality disorders (PDs) are reviewed. A survey of these studies indicates that there is some agreement regarding the relationship between the Big Five and PDs. However. the level of agreement varies and may be a function of instrumentation, the method of report, or how data have been analyzed. Future research should consider the role of peer-ratings, examine the relationship between PDs and the first-order factors of the Big Five. consider dimensions over and above the Big Five as predictors of PDs. (C) 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.