TY - JOUR
T1 - The subjective–agentic personality sector (SAPS)
T2 - Introduction to the special issue on self, identity, and psychopathology
AU - Shahar, Golan
N1 - Funding Information:
The author wishes to thank Howard Tennen for his encouragement and mentoring in the process of guest editing this special issue. The author disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Preparation of this manuscript was partially supported by a Grant from the Barry Leonard Katz Memorial Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund, and the Silicon Valley Community Federation, for a program of research targeting the bio-psychological underpinnings of suicidal depression. Preparation of this manuscript was partially supported by grants from the Israeli National Institute for Evaluation and Testing (NITE), the Israel Science Foundation (ISF), and the Rose and Frenkel Foundation in London.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
PY - 2020/2/1
Y1 - 2020/2/1
N2 - This special issue is predicated upon the premise that there exists a subjective–agentic personality sector (SAPS) that is crucially relevant to the understanding and treatment of psychopathology. SAPS is often overlooked by “trait” models in personality psychology. It is comprised of “hot” cognitions about one's self and identity as they unfold throughout the life span and are brought to bear on interpersonal relationships. There are four ways in which SAPS may be involved in psychopathology: (a) inherently, as a component of psychiatric disorders, (b) as a passive vulnerability dimension, namely by interacting with life stress, (c) as an active vulnerability dimension, that is, by propelling external situations that culminate in psychopathology, and (d) by constituting a central consequent of psychopathology (i.e., the scarring pattern, see below). In this Journal of Personality special issue, experts in personality and psychopathology demonstrate the centrality of SAPS in unipolar depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar spectrum disorder, eating disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder, complex trauma and borderline personality disorder, social anxiety disorder, suicidality in the context of mood disorders, and recovery from schizophrenia. A commentary by Dan McAdams, a leader in the study of self and identity, concludes this special issue.
AB - This special issue is predicated upon the premise that there exists a subjective–agentic personality sector (SAPS) that is crucially relevant to the understanding and treatment of psychopathology. SAPS is often overlooked by “trait” models in personality psychology. It is comprised of “hot” cognitions about one's self and identity as they unfold throughout the life span and are brought to bear on interpersonal relationships. There are four ways in which SAPS may be involved in psychopathology: (a) inherently, as a component of psychiatric disorders, (b) as a passive vulnerability dimension, namely by interacting with life stress, (c) as an active vulnerability dimension, that is, by propelling external situations that culminate in psychopathology, and (d) by constituting a central consequent of psychopathology (i.e., the scarring pattern, see below). In this Journal of Personality special issue, experts in personality and psychopathology demonstrate the centrality of SAPS in unipolar depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar spectrum disorder, eating disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder, complex trauma and borderline personality disorder, social anxiety disorder, suicidality in the context of mood disorders, and recovery from schizophrenia. A commentary by Dan McAdams, a leader in the study of self and identity, concludes this special issue.
KW - identity
KW - psychopathology
KW - self
KW - subjective–agentic
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85069822543&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/jopy.12497
DO - 10.1111/jopy.12497
M3 - Article
C2 - 31206666
AN - SCOPUS:85069822543
SN - 0022-3506
VL - 88
SP - 5
EP - 13
JO - Journal of Personality
JF - Journal of Personality
IS - 1
ER -