AMY’S PERSONALITY DISORDER IN FLYNN’S GONE GIRL: A PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH

Abstract

This research aims to identify the characteristics of antisocial personality disorder found in Amy’s actions and behaviors, and to reveal the cause of her personality disorder. The types of the data are words, phrases, clauses, sentences, and paragraphs taken from the novel which are related to the topic of the novel. The main instrument of this research was the researcher and was supported by the table list that contains the data of the research as the secondary instrument. The source of the data is the novel. There are two results for this research. The first one is that Amy shows six out of seven characteristics of antisocial personality disorder. They are failure to conform social norms, deceitfulness, impulsivity, irritability and aggressiveness, reckless disregard for safety of self and others, and lack of remorse. The second one is that Amy’s personality disorder is caused by her peers, who are her parents and husband.

Keywords:   personality   disorder,   antisocial   personality   disorder,   psychological approach.