TABLE 2.
Expressions of personality spectra across trait domains.
Trait domains | Expressive emotion conduct | Interpersonal | Cognitive style | Self-image | Content | Dynamics | Architecture | Mood/temperament |
Schizoid | Impassive | Unengaged | Impoverished | Complacent | Meagre | Intellectualisation | Undifferentiated | Apathetic |
Avoidant | Fretful | Aversive | Distracted | Alienated | Vexatious | Fantasy | Fragile | Anguished |
Melancholic | Disconsolate | Defenseless | Fatalistic | Worthless | Forsaken | Asceticism | Depleted | Woeful |
Dependent | Puerile | Submissive | Naive | Inept | Immature | Introjection | Inchoate | Pacific |
Histrionic | Dramatic | Attention-seeking | Flight | Gregarious | Shallow | Dissociation | Disjointed | Fickle |
Turbulent | Impetuous | High-spirited | Scattered | Exalted | Piecemeal | Magnification | Unsteady | Mercurial |
Narcissistic | Haughty | Exploitive | Expansive | Admirable | Contrived | Rationalisation | Spurious | Insouciant |
Antisocial | Impulsive | Irresponsible | Non-conforming | Autonomous | Debased | Acting out | Unruly | Callous |
Sadistic | Precipitate | Abrasive | Dogmatic | Combative | Pernicious | Isolation | Eruptive | Hostile |
Compulsive | Disciplined | Courteous | Constricted | Reliable | Concealed | Reaction formation | Compartmentalised | Solemn |
Negativistic | Embittered | Contrary | Cynical | Discontented | Fluctuating | Displacement | Divergent | Irritable |
Masochistic | Abstinent | Acquiescent | Diffident | Undeserving | Discredited | Exaggeration | Inverted | Dysphoric |
Schizotypal | Peculiar | Secretive | Autistic | Estranged | Chaotic | Undoing | Fragmented | Distraught |
Borderline | Spasmodic | Paradoxical | Vacillating | Uncertain | Incompatible | Regression | Split | Labile |
Paranoid | Defensive | Provocative | Mistrustful | Inviolable | Unalterable | Projection | Inelastic | Irascible |
Adapted from Grossman (2015).