693 – Critical approach to dimensional models of personality in DSM-V (original) (raw)

Introduction: In past years, research in personality disorders has been mainly focused on dimensional models based in statistical methods like factorial analysis. Some different factors have been proposed lately, but most of these developed models seem to accept a model of four or five proposals. However, clinical and research groups disagree in the inclusion of these models in DSM-V.Our aim is to discuss some epistemological questions in dimensional models of personality. Methods: A critical review of dimensional models of personality and their limitations from a hermeneutical perspective is presented. Results: Three main limitations in dimensional models of personality disorders have been reported: