University of New Orleans ScholarWorks@UNO University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations Dissertations and Theses Fall 12-20-2013 Big Five Personality Traits, Pathological Personality Traits, and Psychological Dysregulation: Predicting Aggression and Antisocial Behaviors in Detained Adolescents Katherine S. L. Lau University of New Orleans, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td Part of the Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms Commons, Child Psychology Commons, Clinical Psychology Commons, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Commons, Developmental Psychology Commons, Mental Disorders Commons, Other Psychiatry and Psychology Commons, Personality and Social Contexts Commons, Psychiatric and Mental Health Commons, and the Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy Commons Recommended Citation Lau, Katherine S. 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Big Five Personality Traits, Pathological Personality Traits, and Psychological Dysregulation: Predicting Aggression and Antisocial Behaviors in Detained Adolescents A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the University of New Orleans In partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Developmental Psychology Minor Clinical Psychology by Katherine S. L. Lau B. A. University of British Columbia, 2004 M. Sc. University of New Orleans 2010 December 2013 © 2013, Katherine S. L. Lau ii Acknowledgement There are several people that I feel immense gratitude towards for their support throughout my dissertation journey. These people include Dr. Monica Marsee, my mentor who has unreservedly provided valuable advice and assistance, not just during my dissertation, but also throughout my graduate career, my family, in particular my older sister Kristie Lau and younger sister Kneisha Lau for their patience, and my parents who have given me unconditional support. Of course, I would be remiss to not mention the graduate and undergraduate team involved in Project SAINT, who dedicated a great deal of their time to help me pull it off. My fellow graduate students Melissa Kunimatsu (Go Team Asia! We won the ‘name the project’ contest), Gregory Fassnacht, Genevieve Lapré, and Kelli Thompson, who helped me contact parents and collect data from youth. I cannot fail to mention the undergraduate research assistants, Molly Miller, Maria Kireeva, Liliana Turcana, Brian Meyer, Ilayna Mehrtens and Meredith Juncker who helped administer questionnaires, and almost single-handedly collected all the charts and completed data entry for my dissertation. Also, this study would not have been possible without the help of the staff at Rivarde Juvenile Detention Center, Terrebonne Parish Juvenile Detention Center, and Orleans Parish Youth Study Center. I would also like to thank my committee members, Dr. Paul Frick, Dr. Carl Weems, Dr. Michelle Martel, and Dr. Connie Lamm for their insight, helpful input, and continued education. iii Table of Contents LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................................................................... V ABSTRACT ............................................................................................................................................................ VI OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................................................. 1 SOCIAL AND PERSONALITY APPROACH ................................................................................................ 6 BIG FIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS ...................................................................................................................................... 6 PATHOLOGICAL PERSONALITY TRAITS APPROACH ................................................................... 13 PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY TRAITS ........................................................................................................................ 15 NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY TRAITS ........................................................................................................................... 18 BORDERLINE PERSONALITY TRAITS ............................................................................................................................ 21 PSYCHOLOGICAL DYSREGULATION APPROACH ........................................................................... 26 PSYCHOLOGICAL DYSREGULATION , AGGRESSION , AND DELINQUENCY ......................................................... 31 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM ............................................................................................................... 38 HYPOTHESES ..................................................................................................................................................... 43 METHODS AND DESIGN ................................................................................................................................ 46 PARTICIPANTS ..................................................................................................................................................................... 46 PROCEDURES ........................................................................................................................................................................ 47 MEASURES ............................................................................................................................................................................ 49 PLAN FOR ANALYSES .................................................................................................................................... 61 RESULTS ............................................................................................................................................................... 64 INITIAL ANALYSES ............................................................................................................................................................. 66 REGRESSION ANALYSES TESTING THE PERSONALITY MODELS INDIVIDUALLY ........................................... 70 REGRESSION ANALYSES COMPARING THE PERSONALITY MODELS .................................................................. 77 DISCUSSION ........................................................................................................................................................ 91 IMPLICATIONS ................................................................................................................................................................... 100 LIMITATIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS ................................................................................................................. 102 CONCLUSIONS .................................................................................................................................................................. 103 REFERENCES .................................................................................................................................................... 105 APPENDIX .......................................................................................................................................................... 125 UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD APPROVAL FORM ............................... 126 VITA ...................................................................................................................................................................... 127 iv List of Tables Table 1 .....................................................................................................................................60 Table 2 .....................................................................................................................................69 Table 3 .....................................................................................................................................72 Table 4 .....................................................................................................................................74 Table 5 .....................................................................................................................................76 Table 6 .....................................................................................................................................78 Table 7 .....................................................................................................................................81