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Showing 1 to 20 of 69 for “"personality disorders"”.
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Literature Size Related to Diagnostic Inaccuracy of Personality Disorders
Personality disorders offer clinicians a unique diagnostic challenge. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between literature size and diagnostic accuracy for personality disorders. The data used in this study were taken from the Blashfield & Intoccia (2000) and Blashfield & …
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Understanding the Distinctive Presentations of Therapist Countertransference with Cluster B Personality Disorders
… when working with patients with Cluster B personality disorders (PDs). A better understanding of specific CT reactions to each Cluster B PD might aid in diagnosis and treatment and CT management, which may, in turn, contribute to more positive therapy outcomes. To date, no authors have …
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Self-Portrait Drawings by Adolescents Diagnosed With Borderline or Narcissistic Personality Disorders
… was diagnosed with having traits of Narcissistic Personality Disorder or Borderline Personality Disorder. The subjects were asked to draw a self-portrait with given materials and then were asked to have a dialogue with the image. Expression of self has always been recognized as an unconscious …
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Predictive validity of the five-factor model profiles for antisocial and borderline personality disorders
… Model prototypes for antisocial and borderline personality disorders was examined over a period of 6 years in large community sample. Generally, these prototype scores demonstrated good convergent and discriminant validity with health behaviors, disinhibitory behaviors, measures of …
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The Expansion and elaboration of the category personality disorders in South Africa 1948-1982
… the expansion and elaboration of the category personality disorders in South Africa from 1948 to 1982. Valkenberg Hospital patient files, official documents and professional publications are triangulated with interviews with clinicians. Previous findings that the diagnosis was applied primarily …
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The role of positive and negative childhood events in the risk of developing personality disorders
… on a limited range of childhood events and personality disorders, such as childhood maltreatment and borderline personality disorder. Moreover, researchers rarely account for multiple risk factors within the same study, despite the reality that childhood events do not occur in isolation. …
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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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Psychopathology, victimization experiences, and prison adjustment in women at Fluvanna maximum-security facility
… environment. This is especially true in terms of personality disorders, psychopathy, and victimization experiences. However, scarce research has examined the relationship between these gender-specific factors and prison adjustment among females. Relying on deprivation, importation, and integration …
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Repetition of parasuicide : personality disorder, personality and adversity
This study aims to describe the relationship of personality disorders to the repetition of parasuicide whilst taking cognizance of recent developments in the classification of and assessment for personality disorders. This study also aims to determine whether risk factors described by other authors …
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Elaborating Borderline and Psychopathic Personality with the Computerized Adaptive Test of Personality Disorder in a Female Correctional Sample
<p>Most of what we know about Psychopathic Personality Disorder (PPD) is based upon research with males. Considerably less research has examined female manifestations of the construct, however, some research suggests that Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) may represent a female phenotypic …
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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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A Comparison of Personality Characteristics in Trigeminal Neuralgia and Atypical Facial Pain Using
… to coexist particular characteristics of personality disorders. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether different types of chronic facial pain lead to alteration in personality disorder or they are associated with particular characteristics of personality disorders using …
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Efficacy of Juvenile Offender Assessments: Utilization of Recommendations, Measurement Constructs, and Risk Factors
… functioning, academic achievement, and personality functioning; however, under-diagnosis of intellectual deficits, learning disabilities, and personality disorders was found. Results indicated the assessment of family functioning, substance use, and social functioning should be included …
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Test-retest reliability and discriminant validity of the computerized personality disorder interview
… validity of a computerized, self-report personality interview was assessed. The subject sample (N=100) consisted of male and female students from a university introductory psychology course, employees from a general hospital and volunteers from a metropolitan community. Subjects completed …
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Gambling by college students: Personality characteristics and acceptability of internet-based treatment
<p>Personality disorders are associated with Pathological Gambling (PG) among adults. Little is known, however, about these symptoms in college-student gamblers. In addition, little is known about the current prevalence or treatment preferences of college gamblers. An online survey of gambling …
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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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Difusión de la identidad y rasgos borderline: importancia de su evaluación durante la adolescencia
… of identity is included as a criterion of personality disorders. On the other hand, borderline disorder is one of the most severe of this group of psychopathologies, due to its emotional and behavioral impact. Because of this, the present study aimed to identify the relationship between …
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