PRIMARY PERSONALITY

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N., Pam M.S.
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In regards to an individual with dissociative identity disorder, primary personality refers to the original personality and not to any secondary personality(ies). 2. See also "premorbid personality"

PRIMARY PERSONALITY: "It was not easy for the therapist to identify the patient's primary personality."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. SECONDARY PERSONALITY
  2. INTRACONSCIOUS PERSONALITY
  3. SPLIT PERSONALITY
  4. ALTER
  5. DISSOCIATIVE TRANCE DISORDER
  6. PRIMARY AGING
  7. BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
  8. DUAL PERSONALITY
  9. PRIMARY BEHAVIOR DISORDER
  10. ATYPICAL, MIXED, OR OTHER PERSONALITY DISORDER
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "PRIMARY PERSONALITY," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 28, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/primary-personality/ (accessed December 6, 2019).
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