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Noftle, E. E., & Shaver, P. R. (2006).

Attachment dimensions and the big five personality traits:


Associations and comparative ability to predict relationship quality. Journal of Research in
Personality, 40(2), 179-208. doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2004.11.003

Several studies have explored associations between measures of adult attachment style and
the Big Five personality traits or factors, but the studies have not included current dimensional
measures of attachment style (Brennan, Clark, & Shaver, 1998) or the most complete (NEOPI-
R; Costa & McCrae, 1992) and frequently used (BFI; John, Donahue, & Kentle, 1991) measures
of the Big Five. Moreover, most studies after Shaver and Brennans (1992) have not compared
attachment style and Big Five measures as predictors of relationship quality. Here, we
summarize past research and report two studies comparing Brennan et al.s two-dimensional
measure of attachment style with the BFI and NEO-PI-R measures of the Big Five. There are
consistent and theoretically meaningful associations between the attachment-style and
personality trait measures, but attachment-style dimensions still predict relationship quality
better than measures of the Big Five. Implications are discussed.

Thimm, J. C. (2010). Personality and early maladaptive schemas: A five-factor model


perspective. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry,41(4), 373-380.
doi:10.1016/j.jbtep.2010.03.009

According to Youngs schema model (Young, J. E., Klosko, J. S., & Weishaar, M. E. (2003).
Schema therapy: A practitioners guide. New York: Guilford Press), innate personality
tendencies are important for the understanding of early maladaptive schemas (EMS). The
current study examined the relations between EMS and the dimensions of the five-factor model
of personality (FFM). One hundred and forty-seven adult outpatients completed the NEO PI-R,
the Schema Questionnaire-Short Form (SQ-SF), and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI).
Correlational analyses showed a substantial overlap between EMS and the FFM, neuroticism in
particular. EMS predicted depressive symptoms above and beyond the FFM personality
dimensions. Implications of these findings are discussed.

Trip, S. (2006). THE ROMANIAN VERSION OF YOUNG SCHEMA QUESTIONNAIRE -


SHORT FORM 3 (YSQ-S3). Journal Of Cognitive & Behavioral Psychotherapies, 6(2), 173-181.

The Young Schema Questionnaire - Short form 3 (YSQ-S3) consists of 114 items and
measures eighteen cognitive schemas. To establish the psychometric properties of the
Romanian version of YSQ-S3, 160 participants were involved in the research. The instrument
and its sub-scales have a very good reliability, the a Cronbach coefficients run between .68 and
.96. To test the discriminative validity of this measure, the comparisons between the subjects
with low scores and high scores were made both for the level of anxiety as a state and as a trait.
The Romanian version of YSQ-S3 has a good discriminative validity. Based on YSQ-S3 scores
it can be predicted the social phobia development and significant correlation was found between
YSQ-S3 and automatic thoughts (ATQ).

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