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Epidemiological personology: the unifying role of personality in population-based research on problem behaviors.

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Krueger, RF; Caspi, A; Moffitt, TE
Published in: Journal of personality
December 2000

Epidemiological personology refers to a paradigm in which a developmental perspective on individual differences is paired with a population-based sampling frame to yield insights about the role of personality in consequential social outcomes. We review our work in epidemiological personology, linking personality to diverse, problematic social outcomes: Mental disorders, health-risk behaviors, and violence. We conclude that broad-band personality measurement is both feasible and fruitful in large-scale research on problem behaviors, and we call for increased collaboration between personality psychologists and researchers in fields such as public health, epidemiology, and sociology.

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Journal of personality

DOI

EISSN

1467-6494

ISSN

0022-3506

Publication Date

December 2000

Volume

68

Issue

6

Start / End Page

967 / 998

Related Subject Headings

  • Violence
  • Social Psychology
  • Risk-Taking
  • Population Surveillance
  • Personality Disorders
  • Mental Disorders
  • Humans
  • Health Behavior
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
 

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Krueger, R. F., Caspi, A., & Moffitt, T. E. (2000). Epidemiological personology: the unifying role of personality in population-based research on problem behaviors. Journal of Personality, 68(6), 967–998. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-6494.00123
Krueger, R. F., A. Caspi, and T. E. Moffitt. “Epidemiological personology: the unifying role of personality in population-based research on problem behaviors.Journal of Personality 68, no. 6 (December 2000): 967–98. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-6494.00123.
Krueger RF, Caspi A, Moffitt TE. Epidemiological personology: the unifying role of personality in population-based research on problem behaviors. Journal of personality. 2000 Dec;68(6):967–98.
Krueger, R. F., et al. “Epidemiological personology: the unifying role of personality in population-based research on problem behaviors.Journal of Personality, vol. 68, no. 6, Dec. 2000, pp. 967–98. Epmc, doi:10.1111/1467-6494.00123.
Krueger RF, Caspi A, Moffitt TE. Epidemiological personology: the unifying role of personality in population-based research on problem behaviors. Journal of personality. 2000 Dec;68(6):967–998.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of personality

DOI

EISSN

1467-6494

ISSN

0022-3506

Publication Date

December 2000

Volume

68

Issue

6

Start / End Page

967 / 998

Related Subject Headings

  • Violence
  • Social Psychology
  • Risk-Taking
  • Population Surveillance
  • Personality Disorders
  • Mental Disorders
  • Humans
  • Health Behavior
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology