Self-report scores on personality inventories predict important life outcomes, including
health and longevity, marital outcomes, career success, and mental health problems, but the …

Ninety-six new admissions to a psychiatric outpatient clinic who attended a median of 14
therapy sessions completed a self-report Personality Profile Index prior to their first session …

Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on the research in personality and psychotherapy.
There are many ways in which personality is discussed and analyzed in psychotherapy …

Personality traits have been hypothesized to be clinically useful for diagnosis, client
conceptualization, treatment planning, as well as for predicting treatment outcomes …

Research suggests that personality may change due to important life events, such as
psychotherapy, and that personality and attitudes may predict treatment progress …

Nearly two decades ago, Harkness and Lilienfeld () published a seminal article in which
they articulated the potential roles that personality assessment might play in treatment …

Abstract Purpose of Review Individuals with personality disorders are frequently seen in
mental health settings. Their symptoms typically reflect a high level of suffering and burden …

Background: It is widely established that personality disorder has as broad negative impact
on psychotherapy outcomes. Given the increased emphasis on dimensional traits for …

This innovative book provides a framework for using recent advances in personality science
to inform and enrich psychotherapy. The author demonstrates how multidimensional …

Recent theory and research suggest a relation between five‐factor model personality traits
and mental health treatment utilization, even after controlling for psychiatric disorders and …