Personality, pathology, and the moderating effect of parental loss
- WCU Author/Contributor (non-WCU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Francis O'Brien (Creator)
- Institution
- Western Carolina University (WCU )
- Web Site: http://library.wcu.edu/
- Advisor
- David Solomon
Abstract: The association between personality traits and psychopathology is diffuse and well established by an expanding body of current research. High or low levels of personality traits in the Five-Factor model (FFM) of personality consistently correlate with various dysfunctional and pathological presentations. The purpose of this study is to examine the role of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in the relationship between personality traits and psychopathology in adults, with a specific focus on parental loss/parental death during childhood. It is predicted that prevalence of ACEs will moderate the relationship between personality traits and their associated pathology, such that higher ACE prevalence will be associated with a stronger correlation between personality and pathology, and that parental loss will further moderate and strengthen the interaction effect of total ACE prevalence.
Personality, pathology, and the moderating effect of parental loss
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Thesis
- Language: English
- Date: 2024
- Subjects
- Psychic trauma in children
- Personality
- Psychology, Pathological
- Parents—Death