BACKGROUND In the revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5), "Identity" is an essential diagnostic criterion for personality disorders (self-related personality functioning) in the alternative approach to the diagnosis of personality disorders in Section III of DSM-5. Integrating a broad range of established identity concepts, AIDA (Assessment of Identity Development in Adolesce...

The relevance of attachment theory and research for practice has become increasingly clear. The authors describe a series of studies with 3 aims: (a) to validate measures of attachment for use by clinicians with adolescents and adults, (b) to examine the relation between attachment and personality pathology, and (c) to ascertain whether factor analysis can recover dimensions of attachment refle...

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Personality assessment among older adults: the value of personality questionnaires unraveled Gina Rossi, Joke Van den Broeck, Eva Dierckx, Daniel L. Segal & Sebastiaan P.J. van Alphen a Department of Clinical and Life Span Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussel, Belgium b Alexian Brothers Hospital, Tienen, Belgium. c Psychology Department University of Colorado, Colorado Springs ...

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