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      • Personality is inherently intertwined with outcomes related to health and quality of life; therefore, an understanding of personality is of fundamental importance to the goals of clinical psychology.
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  2. The purpose of the current chapter is to present the predominant model of personality (the Five-Factor Model [FFM]), and indicate its importance to the development of psychopathology, including in particular the personality disorders.

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  3. May 28, 2013 · This paper sets out the case that personality traits are central to health psychology. To achieve this, three aims need to be addressed. First, it is necessary to show that personality influences a broad range of health outcomes and mechanisms.

    • Eamonn Ferguson
    • 10.1080/17437199.2010.547985
    • 2013
    • 2013/05
  4. Abstract. Clinical perspectives on personality are addressed in this chapter. A large body of research, including longitudinal studies, demonstrates relationships between major traits and a variety of clinically significant outcomes, including measures of psychopathology.

  5. Aug 27, 2019 · The evidence for the importance of personality is overwhelming. A number of meta-analyses have found robust statistically significant relations between personality characteristics and a wide variety of variables.

  6. Jul 22, 2022 · Personality—as a construct—is involved in both health and disease. Regardless of whether it is normal or pathological, it is considered one of the most relevant aspects in clinical and behavioral psychology.

  7. Personality refers to the enduring characteristics and behavior that comprise a person’s unique adjustment to life, including major traits, interests, drives, values, self-concept, abilities, and emotional patterns.

  8. Attempts at informal personality assessment can be traced back to our distant ancestors. As the field of Clinical Psychology emerged and developed over time, efforts were made to create reliable and valid measures of personality and psychopathology that could be used in a variety of contexts.

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