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What is the relationship between personality disorders and neuroticism and agreeableness?
 
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What are the six specific requirements that an individual must meet in order to be diagnosed with a personality disorder?
 
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Answer to Question 1

Answer: People with personality disordersany PDare usually high in neuroticism and low in agreeableness. They are more anxious, depressive, hostile, callous, grandiose, and manipulative than the average person. Only those with dependent PDthose who want to please their partnersscore a little above average in agreeableness.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: To be diagnosed with a personality disorder, a person must fit six specific requirements: experiencing problems in most aspects of life, such as relationships and thinking (Criterion A); being inflexible in his or her behavior, such as not acting differently even when he or she should (Criterion B); experiencing major life problems (Criterion C); and showing signs of the personality disorder since adolescence (Criterion D). In addition, the problematic behaviors cannot be due to another mental disorder (Criterion E) or to a physical disorder, such as a brain tumor or a reaction to drugs (Criterion F).



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