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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Personality pathology"”.
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Associations Between Maternal Reflective Functioning and Adolescent Personality Pathology
… onset for psychiatric disorders, particularly personality disorder (PD). During adolescence, the parent-child relationship remains crucial for optimal adolescent development. Research suggests that maternal reflective functioning (RF) may play an important role in buffering against the …
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Subclinical personality pathology in interpersonal situations: Assessing pathology-relevant behavior
… with borderline, histrionic, and narcissistic personality pathology. Undergraduates (n = 60) were recruited and asked to bring a close acquaintance (n = 60) to participate in an interaction. Participants’ behavior was coded from videotapes of the interaction using a modified version of the …
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Language Use Patterns Associated with Borderline Personality Pathology: A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis
… of people with varying levels of Borderline personality pathology. Borderline pathology is characterized by extreme relational instability, which may be reflected in or influenced by patterns of language use. Although language use profiles are associated with personality and some …
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Examining the Utility of Life Narratives for the Assessment of Personality Pathology in Emerging Adults
… adopt a dimensional conceptualization for personality pathology. This framework includes the assessment of an individual’s level of personality functioning (LPF), constituting core features of personality pathology across self- and interpersonal domains. Given the increased emphasis on the …
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Disability grant utilization and barriers to access for patients with personality pathology: A mixed methods study
Background Personality disordered (PD) patients suffer the misnomer of “difficult to treat”. Difficulties in interpersonal style attendant with this diagnosis can impact on clinician attitude. This suggests that negotiating access to government health and social services, including the disability …
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EXPLORING PERSONALITY PATHOLOGY: A PERSON-CENTERED APPROACH TO THE DSM-5’S ALTERNATIVE MODEL OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS
… to investigate the gap between the two models of personality pathology in the DSM-5 and to attempt to bridge this gap. These models are the traditional categorical personality disorder model and the proposed alternative dimensional model. Based on this purpose, a person centered analysis approach …
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Exploring the Impact of Insecure Attachment Styles in Couple Adjustment Through the Lens of Cluster B Pathology
… an insecure attachment, potential cluster B personality pathology, and who are engaged in couple discord. The following clinical research project explored how insecure attachments impact the trajectory of both cluster B pathology and adult couples’ relationship discord. Studies reviewed …
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The Contribution of Adverse Childhood Experiences to the Interplay Between Insecure Attachment Characteristics, Trait Emotional Intelligence, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation, and Personality Organization
… attachment experiences and subsequent personality pathology. Individuals with adverse attachment experiences and those with personality pathology have been found to have difficulty with emotional awareness and emotion regulation. Attachment characteristics inform emotional intelligence …
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Reconceptualizing Social Impairment Using Informant Report
… in self report). Additionally, individuals with personality pathology seem likely to underreport impairment, either due to a lack of insight or because of the manifestations of impairment assessed. The current project aimed to demonstrate the concurrent validity of a newly-developed, …
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The Role of Loneliness and Life Events: Comparing Avoidant and Borderline Personality Features and Their Relation to Depression
Personality disorders are theoretically and empirically linked to experiencing high negative affect, such as depression, and individuals with features from some personality disorders, such as borderline: BDL) and avoidant: AVD), are hyper-responsive to rejection. Loneliness has also been …
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Stimulant Use, Associated Psychopathology, and Eating Disordered Symptomatology
… study developed profiles of eating disorder, personality, and other psychopathological symptoms related to the use of central nervous system stimulants versus other types of drug use. Participants included 124 women in residential treatment for substance use with and without comorbid eating …
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Approaches to personality disorder diagnosis: Comparing the cognitive affective processing and the five factor models of personality
… Processing Model (CAPS) suggests that personality is best understood as a collection of cross-situationally consistent traits that are expressed based upon features of the situation. This differs from the Five Factor Model (FFM) of personality, in which personality is believed to be …
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Personality Differences in Never-Married Versus Divorced Individuals In Later Life Using the NEO PI-R
Previous research has shown that personality disorder symptoms are significantly higher in divorced and never-married individuals compared to married individuals. Although personality pathology is elevated in these two groups, specific trait differences between the two are still unclear. In a large …
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Challenges Associated with Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder in Older Adults and the Impact on Psychosocial Development
… of older individuals living with borderline personality disorder (BDP), yet there is limited information regarding the impact of the disorder in later adulthood. The pivotal work of Erik Erikson, specifically his psychosocial stages of development, is a widely accepted conceptual framework …
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The relative strength of the relationship between hypermentalizing and borderline personality disorder in the context of other disorders: A meta-analytic review
… to others, has been identified for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). However, associations between other disorders and hypermentalizing call the specificity of this deficit to BPD into question. The aims of the current study were to use meta-analytic methods to 1) evaluate the relative …
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHILDHOOD TRAUMA AND PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER SYMPTOMS
… a relationship between childhood trauma (CT) and personality pathology. History of childhood abuse leads to severe loss of trust. This loss of trust in early years is a strong predictor of the majority of personality disorders and is related to several problems in adulthood such as insecure …
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Attachment, childhood adversity, emotional problems and personality disorder in offenders with mild intellectual disability
… to perceived parenting, emotion and personality pathology in offenders with ID. Adaptation of an existing self report measure (Relationship Questionnaire) (RQ) resulted in the development of the ‘Adapted Relationship Questionnaire’ (ARQ). To test construct validity and reliability the …
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Psychopathic traits in managers: Implications for employees' motivation, performance, and well-being at work
Psychopathy is a form of personality pathology that has captured the attention of researchers for decades. Yet, it is only recently that researchers have become interested in looking at psychopathy in the organisational context, amongst those in managerial or other formal leadership positions. This …
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Antisocial Personality Disorder Comorbidity in Methamphetamine Use Disorder: Sociodemographic, clinical and childhood trauma correlates
Personality pathology, especially antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), often occurs in patients with methamphetamine use disorder (MAUD). However, little is known about potential risk factors for this dual diagnosis, and the impact of this comorbidity on both the severity of MAUD and levels of …
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