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| Personality as an indicator of `goodness of fit' between the elderly individual and the health service system | | Author(s) | Erlene Rosowsky, Linda M Dougherty, Christopher J Johnson |
| Journal title | Clinical Gerontologist, vol 17, no 3, 1997 |
| Pages | pp 41-53 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Personality ; Personality disorders ; Indicators ; Reliability ; Diagnosis ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | An individual's personality style affects the way in which he/she engages help and receives services. This paper presents the notion of `goodness of fit' as it applies to the interaction between an individual's personality traits and those traits endorsed by the system providing care. While personality traits have been shown to be robust and enduring throughout life, they have been under-identified and under-utilised in planning for the older person requiring health services. Changes in contexts and tasks that occur during old age are presented as contributing to whether the individual is diagnosed with a personality disorder, or as having a personality style. `Styles' may become `disorders' when what the individual needs to be, changes, and where he/she needs to do it, changes. It is suggested that consideration of personality be included in the clinical assessment of the individual, in order to inform treatment and health care service options. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-971204261 A |
| Classmark | DK: EK: 3RI: 5HC: LK7: 7T |
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