Latzman Robert D, Krueger Robert F, DeYoung Colin G, Michelini Giorgia
Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Personal Neurosci. 2021 Oct 8;4:e4. doi: 10.1017/pen.2021.3. eCollection 2021.
Traditionally, personality has been conceptualized in terms of of human experience - habitual ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving. By contrast, psychopathology has traditionally been conceptualized in terms of of disorder - disordered thinking, feeling, and behaving. The empirical literature, however, routinely shows that psychopathology does not coalesce into readily distinguishable categories. Indeed, psychopathology tends to delineate dimensions that are relatively similar to dimensions of personality. In this special issue of , authors took up the challenge of reconceptualizing personality and psychopathology in terms of connected and interrelated dimensions, and they considered the utility of pursuing neuroscientific inquiry from this more integrative perspective. In this editorial article, we provide the relevant background to the interface between personality, psychopathology, and neuroscience; summarize contributions to the special issue; and point toward directions for continued research and refinement. All told, it is evident that quantitatively derived, integrative models of personality-psychopathology represent a particularly promising conduit for advancing our understanding of the neurobiological foundation of human experience, both functional and dysfunctional.
传统上，人格是根据人类经验——思维、情感和行为的习惯方式来概念化的。相比之下，精神病理学传统上是根据紊乱——紊乱的思维、情感和行为来概念化的。然而，实证文献经常表明，精神病理学并不会聚集成易于区分的类别。事实上，精神病理学倾向于描绘出与人格维度相对相似的维度。在本期特刊中，作者们接受了挑战，从相互关联的维度重新概念化人格和精神病理学，并从这个更综合的角度考虑进行神经科学探究的效用。在这篇社论文章中，我们提供了人格、精神病理学和神经科学之间界面的相关背景；总结了对特刊的贡献；并指出了持续研究和完善的方向。总而言之，很明显，从数量上推导出来的人格 - 精神病理学综合模型是推进我们对人类经验（包括正常和功能失调的经验）神经生物学基础理解的特别有前景的途径。
