"Revolutionizing Psychological Assessment: Personalized Insights with the Five Factor Model"

A new paper proposes individualizing psychological assessment by integrating the Enactivist Big-5 Theory of Personality with clinical practice. The approach considers how an individual's traits interact with their unique experiences in the world, aiming to understand and predict psychological distress. By using the Five Factor Model, clinicians can compare individuals along major personality dimensions and gain insights into their perception and interaction with reality. This personalized assessment has the potential to enhance empathy and understanding, particularly in couples with significant differences in personality traits. The authors emphasize the need for further research to formalize and systematize this approach.