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Personality and Attentional Deficits

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According to the 5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association, APA 2013), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common childhood disorders. It is generally accepted that establishing links between psychological disorders and personality dimensions are valuable in improving our understanding of their diatheses, cause, progression, prognosis, and treatment. Specific to ADHD, Miller et al. (2008) have argued that it is possible that ADHD and personality are the same constructs viewed through different theoretical lenses. The two major personality models that have featured extensively in ADHD research are variants of the Big Five Model, in particular the five-factor model (FFM; Costa and McCrae 1985; Goldberg 1993), and Cloninger et al.’s (1993) biopsychosocial model. Gomez and Corr (2014) have recently published a meta-analysis of the relationships for the personality dimensions...

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Gomez, R. (2018). Personality and Attentional Deficits. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_2103-1

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