The results of the current meta-analysis replicated Saulsman and Page's (2004) finding that openness to experience obtained little relationship with the DSM personality disorders. Saulsman and Page (2004) concluded that “openness to experience serves no prominent role” (p. 1076) in accounting for personality disorder symptomatology. O'Connor (2005) likewise reported on the basis of his meta-analysis that a four rather than five-factor model was really preferable, noting that “the fifth factor from the FFM, openness to experience, has typically not been strongly associated with personality disorders” (p. 339).
