KRUEGER AND TACKETTTHE BIGGER PICTURE PERSONALITY AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY: WORKING TOWARD THE BIGGER PICTURE

There are systematic and meaningful links among normal and abnormal personality traits and Axis I and II constructs from the DSM. Neverthe-less, much research in this area focuses on pairs of constructs (e.g., the link between personality traits and a specific Axis I disorder), rather than on the broader multivariate structure of the personality-psychopatholo-gy domain. We underscore the need for this broader perspective, a per-spective that would transcend largely artificial boundaries between current constructs (e.g., normal and abnormal personality). We outline our approach to research from this perspective and we emphasize the in-ternalizing (mood and anxiety) and externalizing (substance use and an-tisocial behavior) spectra as promising foci for initial research on the joint structure of personality and psychopathology. Our field is currently enjoying a renaissance of research linking personality and psychopathology. During much of the recent past, the personality and psychopathology literatures proceeded mostly in parallel. Yet this was no