Malevolent object relations: A multimethod study of female survivors of childhood abuse
This study examined the connection between emotional, physical, and sexual abuse in childhood and three methods of assessing malevolent object representations. Sixty adult women, recruited from an urban primary ‐care clinic, were administered the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), the Object Relations Inventory (ORI) interview, and a version of the Early Memories Test (EMT)/interview. Ratings of malevolent object relations were obtained using the affect‐tone dimension from the Social Cognition and Objec t Relations (SCORS‐G) scale with both TAT and early memory narratives and through Malevolence ratings from the ORI i...
Source: Personality and Mental Health - May 4, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Brett E. Adams,
John H. Porcerelli,
Steven Abell,
Steven K. Huprich Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
A third hierarchical level of narrower traits for the Dimensional Assessment of Personality Pathology ‐Basic Questionnaire
AbstractCurrent dimensional taxonomies of personality disorder show a stronger empirical grounding than categories, but may lack the necessary level of detail to make accurate predictions and case formulations. We need to further develop the lower levels of the hierarchy until reaching the building blocks of personality pathology. The Dimensional Assessment of Personality Pathology ‐Basic Questionnaire (DAPP‐BQ) is well‐suited to this purpose due to its multilayered structure and its agreement with the official dimensional classifications. We disaggregated the 18 DAPP‐BQ mid‐level facets through exploratory and c...
Source: Personality and Mental Health - April 19, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Fernando Guti érrez,
Enrique Vicente,
Anton Aluja,
Josep M. Peri,
Alfonso Gutiérrez‐Zotes,
Eva Baillés,
Silvia Edo Villamón,
María Ángeles Ruipérez Rodríguez,
Amanda Meliá de Alba,
Gemma Vall,
David Gallardo‐Pujol Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Semi ‐structured interview for personality functioning DSM‐5 (STiP‐5.1): Psychometric evaluation of the Czech version
This study provides a replication of the psychometric evaluation of the Semi‐Structured Interview for Personality Functioning DSM‐5 (STiP‐5.1) within a mixed clinical sample and a community sample. The sample consisted of 188 adults: 86 participants from the general population and 102 people from a mixed clinical sample. All participants complete d the STiP‐5.1 and Level of Personality Functioning Scale–Brief Form (LPFS‐BF 2.0). Results showed good internal consistency (McDonald's ω = 0.89–0.94) and promising convergent validity (correlations with LPFS‐BF 2.0 above 0.6) of the STiP‐5.1. Its scores differ...
Source: Personality and Mental Health - April 6, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Radek Heissler,
Nikola Doubkov á,
Joost Hutsebaut,
Marek Preiss Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Moving in together, marriage, and motherhood: A follow up study of relationships in psychiatric patients with personality disorders
ConclusionPersonality disorder was associated with an increased likelihood of living alone and being unmarried. Female participants with PD had a decreased likelihood of having children compared with controls. © 2021 The Authors Personality and Mental Health Published by John Wiley& Sons Ltd. (Source: Personality and Mental Health)
Source: Personality and Mental Health - March 8, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Hanna Spangenberg,
Sofia Sandholm,
Mia Ramklint,
Adriana Ramirez Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Comorbid personality difficulties are not associated with poorer outcomes for online cognitive behaviour therapy for symptoms of anxiety and depression
This study explored how common comorbid personality difficulties were in a large sample of consecutive patients (N = 1 132) seeking iCBT for their symptoms of anxiety and depression in routine care settings. Patients completed the Standardized Assessment of Personality‐abbreviated Scale Self‐Report prior to commencing an iCBT programme, as well as completing assessments of anxiety and depression symptom severity and psychological distress pre‐iCBT and post‐iCBT. Consistent with previous studies, a high proportion of the sample (62.6%) reported experiencing comorbid personality difficulties. However, comorbid per...
Source: Personality and Mental Health - March 2, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Alison E.J. Mahoney,
Hila Haskelberg,
Elizabeth Mason,
Michael Millard,
Jill Newby Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
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Source: Personality and Mental Health - February 24, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Issue Information Source Type: research
Consensus building and clinical translation: The path to an impactful and evidence ‐based personality disorder classification system
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Source: Personality and Mental Health - February 24, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Leonard J. Simms Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
Personality Assessment Questionnaire for ICD ‐11 personality trait domains: Development and testing
ConclusionsThe PAQ ‐11 appears to be potentially promising in terms of clinical utility to assess the five domains of ICD‐11 personality disorders. More research must be conducted in other cultural backgrounds with gender‐balanced populations. © 2020 John Wiley& Sons, Ltd. (Source: Personality and Mental Health)
Source: Personality and Mental Health - February 24, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Youl ‐Ri Kim,
Peter Tyrer,
Soon‐Taeg Hwang Tags: Special Issue Article Source Type: research
Influence of apparently negative personality characteristics on the long ‐term outcome of health anxiety: Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial
ConclusionPersonality disorder in people with health anxiety, particularly in those who have anxious and dependent traits, reinforces the benefits of cognitive behaviour therapy, particularly in the longer term. © 2020 The Authors Personality and Mental Health Published by John Wiley& Sons Ltd (Source: Personality and Mental Health)
Source: Personality and Mental Health - February 24, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Peter Tyrer,
Duolao Wang,
Helen Tyrer,
Mike Crawford,
Gemma Loebenberg,
Sylvia Cooper,
Barbara Barrett,
Rahil Sanatinia Tags: Special Issue Article Source Type: research
Substance use disorders and criminal justice contact among those with co ‐occurring antisocial and borderline personality disorders: Findings from a nationally representative sample
AbstractOne variant of borderline personality disorder (BPD), frequently encountered in forensic and correctional samples, is the ‘dissocial’ subtype that combines borderline and antisocial traits. We tested the hypothesis that this subtype, defined by the co‐occurrence of antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) and BPD (ASPD + BPD), would be associated with high rates of substance use disorder and contact with the crim inal justice (CJ) system in a large nationally representative sample of North American adults (N = 36 309). Results suggested that the dissocial variant of BPD was associated with a high risk for ...
Source: Personality and Mental Health - February 24, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Richard Howard,
Deborah Hasin,
Malki Stohl Tags: Special Issue Article Source Type: research
Why is an evidence ‐based classification of personality disorder so elusive?
ABSTRACTDespite recent revisions, the classification of personality disorder remains a matter of dispute, and there is little evidence of consistent progress toward an evidence ‐based system. This essay examines four issues impeding taxonomic progress and explores how they might be addressed. First, the phenomenological and aetiological complexity of personality disorder poses a formidable challenge to traditional taxonomic methods. Second, current classifications incorp orate assumptions such as a stringent version of medical model and an essentialist philosophy that are inconsistent with empirical evidence. Third, desp...
Source: Personality and Mental Health - February 24, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: W. John Livesley Tags: Special Edition ICD ‐11 article Source Type: research
The prevalence of severe personality disorder in perpetrators of homicide
ConclusionsSevere personality disorder is highly prevalent among perpetrators of homicide, and the finding that it is more prevalent when strangers are the victims stresses both the need for early identification of those at risk of developing severe personality disorder and the development of appropriate early preventive interventions. There is also a need for the development of effective treatment and interventions for those with established severe personality disorder and better identification of this level of disorder by psychiatrists. The forthcoming ICD ‐11 classification should help in this endeavour. © 2021 The A...
Source: Personality and Mental Health - February 24, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Nicola Swinson,
Roger Webb,
Jenny Shaw Tags: Special Issue Article Source Type: research
Livesley's lament on classifying personality pathology: A commentary
AbstractThis commentary on Livesley's paper in this special issue on International Classification of Diseases (ICD) ‐11's personality disorder (PD) section addresses each of four issues that Livesley claims are impeding progress towards an evidence‐based system for the classification of personality pathology. I focus my commentary on the third issue, but also comment briefly on the others. Regarding, first, t he complexity of personality pathology and, second, problematic assumptions about the nature of personality pathology, I contend that Livesley's comments are accurate, but omit that the fundamental impediment is t...
Source: Personality and Mental Health - February 24, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Lee Anna Clark Tags: Special Issue Article Source Type: research
