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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

An Exploratory Analysis of the Five Factor Personality Dimensions in Intermittent Explosive Disorder

Virtual · June 2020

Poster Sessions · Personality/Emotion

  • Nicole Ciesinski
    Temple University
  • Joey Cheung
    Temple University
  • Kristen Sorgi
    Temple University
  • Martha Fahlgren
    Temple University
  • Michael McCloskey
    Temple University

Abstract

This study explored the Big Five personality dimensions in Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED), a disorder of affective aggression in the DSM-5. Individuals with IED show similar personality profiles to other psychiatric groups and distinct profiles from healthy controls. Psychosocial impairment in IED was associated with low conscientiousness and high neuroticism.

Personality