Title

The Political Personality of 2007 French Presidential Candidate Ségolène Royal

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

7-2008

Abstract

This paper presents the results of an indirect assessment of the personality of Ségolène Royal, Socialist candidate in the 2007 French presidential election. The study was conducted from the conceptual perspective of Theodore Millonʼs model of personality. Information concerning Royal was collected from biographical sources and media reports and synthesized into a personality profile using the second edition of the Millon Inventory of Diagnostic Criteria (MIDC), which yields 34 normal and maladaptive personality classifications congruent with Axis II of DSM-IV. The personality profile yielded by the MIDC was analyzed on the basis of interpretive guidelines provided in the MIDC and Millon Index of Personality Styles manuals. Royalʼs primary personality patterns were found to be Conscientious/compulsive and Ambitious/self-serving, with secondary features of the Dauntless/dissenting, Dominant/controlling, and Contentious/resolute patterns. The amalgam of strong Conscientious and Ambitious patterns in Royalʼs profile suggests the presence of Millonʼs bureaucratic compulsive syndrome. According to Millon, people with this personality composite feel empowered in formal organizations, where group rules provide identity and security. They tend to be officious, high-handed, intrusive, petty, meddlesome, and closed-minded.



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