Individual differences science for treatment planning: Personality traits

Author(s): Lilienfeld, S. O.

Journal/Book: Psychol Assessment. 1997; 9: 750 First St NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242. Amer Psychological Assoc. 349-360.

Abstract: Evolving ethical, legal, and financial demands require a plan before treatment begins. The authors argue that individual differences research requires the inclusion of personality trait assessment for the construction and implementation of any treatment plan that would lay claim to scientific status. A primer of personality individual differences for treatment planning is presented, including an introduction to constructive realism and major research findings from trait psychology and behavior genetics bearing on treatment planning. The authors present 4 important gains for treatment planning that can be realized from the science of individual differences in personality: (a) knowing where to focus change efforts, (b) realistic expectations, (c) matching treatment to personality, and (d) development of the self.

Note: Review Harkness AR, Univ Tulsa, Dept Psychol, 600 S Coll Ave, Tulsa,OK 74104 USA

Keyword(s): TWINS REARED APART; GENETIC-ANALYSIS; SELF; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; DISORDERS; STABILITY; CLASSIFICATION; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PERSPECTIVE; CONSISTENCY

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