Dissertations / Theses: 'Personality disorders'

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Warner, Megan Beth. "Personality traits, traitedness, and disorders: towards an enhanced understanding of trait-disorder relationships." Texas A&M University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/4238.

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Traitedness has been described as the Ã¢ÂÂthe degree to which a particular trait structure is approximated in a given personÃ¢ÂÂ (Tellegen, p. 28, 1991) and has been hypothesized as one explanation for findings of weak trait-behavior relationships. That is, if traits are differentially applicable to different individuals, then trait-behavior relationships may be moderated based on the strength with which an individual fits with a given trait model. This study used moderated multiple regression to test the moderating effects of four different traitedness indicators to increase the prediction of diagnostic consistency in four personality disorders, and also tested the main effects of traitedness estimates to predict cross-situational consistency of functional impairment. Traitedness estimates performed better in the prediction of increased diagnostic consistency, though there were some isolated findings of traitedness increasing crosssituational consistency of functional impairment.

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Pettersson, Erik. "Application of Dimensional Personality Models to Personality Disorders." W&M ScholarWorks, 2006. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626525.

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Jones, Robert Stephen. "Personality disorders and interpersonal traits /." Access abstract and link to full text, 1989. http://0-wwwlib.umi.com.library.utulsa.edu/dissertations/fullcit/8914322.

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Koerting, Johanna. "Childhood predictors of personality disorders." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2015. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/381721/.

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Llanos, Aria Cristina de. "Resilience, attachment and personality disorders." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2016. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/88061/.

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The promotion and development of resilience in children and young people has become increasingly the focus of many preventative and treatment interventions. This is informed by evidence that suggest that a high proportion of mental health difficulties start by adolescence and can have enduring consequences later in life. One of the psychological presentations that cause significant difficulties is personality disorder. Attachment theory has been connected to both resilience and personality disorders, however their interaction has not yet been studied. This thesis aims to bring together these concepts in an attempt to contribute to the evidence of developmental pathways to personality disorders and to resilience. Chapter one presents a systematic review of the association between attachment and personality disorders in children and adolescents. The findings of the review support the literature that has previously documented this association and confirms that attachment theory is a meaningful framework for the understanding of personality disorders in children and young people. Furthermore, it includes additional factors that may interact within this relationship. This has clinical and research implications that are discussed along with the limitations of the review. Chapter two contains an empirical paper that focuses on the interaction of resilience with attachment and personality disorder. Findings from this study support existing evidence that additional factors help explain the relationship between attachment and the development of personality disorders. Thus the empirical paper enhances the findings from the literature review. Chapter three offers an account of the author’s experiences of research, including reflections on personality constructs. It encompasses these reflections within the wider experiences of clinical training to finally consider these topics in the wider context of mental health services.

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Olivier, Glenda J. "Personality disorders as gender roles." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1989. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/541.

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Butler, Emma. "The clinical relevance of personality disorder cognitions in the eating disorders." Thesis, University of East London, 2009. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/3729/.

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Although cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is recommended by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (2004) as the treatment of choice for bulimia nervosa, it has only been found to be effective for 50-60% of individuals. In addition, the evidence base for the efficacy of CBT in the treatment of anorexia nervosa is weak. It is commonly recognised that there is a high comorbidity between personality disorders (and their associated traits) and eating disorders. The purpose of this study was therefore to examine the cognitions underpinning personality disorders in individuals with eating disorders, and to investigate whether those cognitions reduce the impact of CBT for eating disorders. Participants were 59 individuals with a diagnosed eating disorder presenting for CBT at a specialist eating disorder service. Each participant completed measures of personality disorder cognitions, eating disorder attitudes/dysfunctional assumptions and other psychological symptoms at session one of CBT. Participants were then asked to repeat the measures of eating disorder attitudes/dysfunctional assumptions at session six of CBT. Drop-out rates were recorded. Findings provided evidence of the rapid onset of action of CBT for eating disorders. There was a significant reduction in eating disorder attitudes over the first six sessions. Six personality disorder cognitions were significantly associated with eating disorder attitudes/dysfunctional assumptions and other psychological symptoms. These were avoidant, obsessive-compulsive, dependent, borderline, histrionic and paranoid personality disorder cognitions. Higher levels of dependent and narcissistic personality disorder cognitions were associated with dropping out of treatment before session seven of CBT, and higher levels of histrionic, avoidant and borderline personality disorder cognitions were associated with an improvement in eating disorder attitudes in the first six sessions of CBT. The limitations of the study and recommendations for future research are discussed. In addition, the clinical implications of the findings are considered.

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Stinson, Jill D., and Brittany V. Williams. "Redefining Borderline Personality Disorder: BPD, DSM-v, and Emotion Regulation Disorders." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7970.

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Akyunus-ince, Miray. "Cognitive Aspects Of Personality Disorders: Influences Of Basic Personality Disorders, Cognitive Emotion Regulation, And Interpersonal Problems." Phd thesis, METU, 2012. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614048/index.pdf.

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The purpose of the study was to examine the influences of basic personality traits, cognitive emotion regulation and interpersonal problems on the cognitive aspects of personality disorders. 1298 adult participants (411 males and 887 females) between the ages of 18 and 68 (M = 26.85, sd = 7.95) participated in the study. In the first part of the study, Inventory of Interpersonal Problems was adapted to Turkish, and psychometric properties of the adapted inventory as well as Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire and Personality Belief Questionnaire were analyzed and were found to have good validity and reliability characteristics. Differences in demographic variables and correlational data for the measures were examined. Direct and mediational models were used to investigate the relationship among basic personality traits, cognitive emotion regulation, interpersonal problems and personality disorder beliefs. The results revealed that openness and neuroticism were associated with positive and negative emotion regulation, respectively. Neuroticism, negative valence and catastrophization were associated with interpersonal problems positively whereas extraversion was associated with them negatively. In terms of personality psychopathology, neuroticism, catastrophization, blaming others, and being cold and domineering in relations were found to be positively associated with personality disorder beliefs. Furthermore, the effect of neuroticism and negative valence on personality disorder beliefs was mediated by interpersonal problems, with the effect of negative valence also being mediated by negative cognitive emotion regulation. The findings and their implications with suggestions for future research and clinical applications, were discussed in the light of relevant literature.

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Theunissen, Chris. "A multidimensional developmental neuropsychological model of borderline personality disorder (BPD) : examining evidence for impairments in 'executive function' /." Access via Murdoch University Digital Theses Project, 2005. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20050602.162509.

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Dyce, Jamie A. "Structure and correlates of personality disorders." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq22977.pdf.

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Dirks, Bryan Larry. "Repetition of parasuicide : personality disorder, personality and adversity." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26144.

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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 for further suicidal behavior are characteristic of these patients locally. This study also aims to describe the contribution of newly described personality dimensions to repetition of parasuicide. This study also describes suicidal behavior in the follow-up period of a cohort of parasuicide patients who were seen in the emergency psychiatric service during follow-up. This study also examines the comorbidity between the personality disorders categories defined by the clinical criteria of the Tenth International Classification of Mental and Behavioral Disorders or ICD-10, (World Health organization, 1992). This study compares the co-occurence of these new personality disorder categories with the comorbidity which has been observed in older classification systems (American Psychiatric Association; 1980, 1987) in order to determine whether this new classification system has led to less comorbidity among the personality disorders. This study also examines aspects of the relationship between informant based diagnoses of personality disorder and personality dimensions described by Cloninger et al (1994).

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Solhan, Marika. "Affective instability and impulsivity in borderline personality disorder." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4605.

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Thesis (M.A.) University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006.
The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on August 28, 2007) Includes bibliographical references.

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Jahng, Seungmin. "Analysis of affective instability on ecological momentary assessments data successive difference, variance decomposition, and mean comparison via multilevel modeling /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/5077.

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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007.
The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on May 11, 2009) Includes bibliographical references.

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au, chris theunissen@health wa gov, and Christopher Theunissen. "A Multidimensional Developmental Neuropsychological Model of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD): Examining Evidence for Impairments in Executive Function." Murdoch University, 2005. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20050602.162509.

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Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a serious psychiatric disorder characterised by turbulent interpersonal relationships, impaired self image, impulsivity, and a recurrent pattern of unstable affect which is usually evident by early adulthood. It has a community prevalence rate of two per cent, and approximately nine per cent of people diagnosed with BPD commit suicide. This suggests that BPD has one of the highest lethality rates of all psychiatric disorders. The course of the disorder shows a steady improvement over the course of early adulthood with the majority of cases remitting by middle age. This positive but incomplete long-term recovery is thought to be a naturalistic outcome that is independent of treatment effect. The reported study sought to test selected components of a multidimensional developmental neuropsychological model of executive functioning in BPD. The model proposed that BPD is characterised by impairments to four neuropsychological executive functions. These include working memory, response inhibition, affective-attentional bias, and problem-solving. The model further proposed that impaired executive functioning in BPD occurs as a result of the failure of experience-dependent maturation of orbitofrontal structures. These structures are closely associated with the development of the cognitive executive. The study incorporated a cross-sectional design to analyse data from a BPD group, a Depressed Control Group, and a Medical Control Group. The overall findings of the study returned limited support for the original hypotheses. There was no evidence of deficits in working memory, response-inhibition, or problem-solving. In contrast, the BPD group returned some evidence of deficits in affective-attentional bias. Therefore, the results suggest that executive functioning remains largely intact in BPD. This also suggests that people with BPD have the working memory resources necessary to facilitate abstract cognition, have the capacity to effectively plan and execute future-oriented acts, and are able to perform appropriate problem-solving functions. These problem-solving returns are also particularly significant because a number of the tasks utilised in the study are known to be associated with so-called frontal-executive function. These unremarkable findings challenge the view that people with BPD might experience some form of subtle neurological impairment associated with frontal-lobe compromise. The Stroop measure of affective-attentional bias provided the only supportive evidence for the proposed model, and these findings can be accounted for by at least two different explanations. The first suggests that BPD might be characterised by a hypervigilant attentional set. The specific cause of hypervigilance in BPD is unknown, but some candidate factors appear to be the often-reported abuse histories of borderlines, insecure attachment histories, and deficits in parental bonding. The second interpretation suggests that the Stroop findings reflect a form of response conflict in which BPD participants experience difficulties overriding tasks that rely on the enunciation of automatic neural routines. As a result of these findings, further research on the role of arousal, priming, hypervigilance, and response-conflict in BPD is required. It is likely that the Stroop findings reflect a basic, hard-wired attentional mechanism that consolidates by early adolescence at the latest. As a result, the Stroop findings have implications for both the prevention and treatment of BPD. A number of prevention strategies could be developed to address the attentional issues identified in the present study. These include assisting children to more effectively regulate arousal and affect, and assisting parents to communicate affectively with children in order to enhance self-regulation. The treatment implications suggest that interventions directed at affective-attentional processes are required, and further suggest the need for new pharmacotherapies and psychological treatments to modify dysfunctional attentional process. Affective neuroscience will have an increasingly important role to play in the understanding of BPD, and the next quarter century is likely to witness exciting advances in understanding this most problematic of disorders.

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Lindgren, Thomas E. "Method specific factors in personality tests /." Stockholm, 2007. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2007/978-91-7357-266-8/.

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Burgess, Danny R. Blashfield Roger K. "The conceptualization of personality disorders categories versus dimensions /." Auburn, Ala, 2008. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/EtdRoot/2008/SUMMER/Psychology/Dissertation/Burgess_Danny_51.pdf.

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Smith, Ashley M. "Assessing Personality Disorders Using the MMPI-2-RF." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1279132568.

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Carver, Margaret D. "Personality disorder dimensions and relational functioning /." Access abstract and link to full text, 1990. http://0-wwwlib.umi.com.library.utulsa.edu/dissertations/fullcit/0115200.

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Henley, Aimee Gillison. "Psychopathy and career interest in a noncriminal population." Access restricted to users with UT Austin EID Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3035949.

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Stepp, Stephanie. "Predictive validity of the five-factor model profiles for antisocial and borderline personality disorders." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4743.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007.
The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on December 14. 2007) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

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Useda, J. David. "The construct validity of the paranoid personality disorder features questionnaire (PPDFQ) : a dimensional assessment of paranoid personality disorder /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3025654.

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Dreessen, Laura Josephina Johanna Maria. "Personality disorders inquiries into assessment, cognitive profiles and impact on treatment of anxiety disorders /." Maastricht : Maastricht : UPM, Universitaire Pers Maastricht ; University Library, Maastricht University [Host], 1998. http://arno.unimaas.nl/show.cgi?fid=8405.

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Gluszik, Laura Ann. "Dependent Personality Inventory-Revised (DPI-R): Incorporating A Dimensional Model In The Assessment Of Dependent Personality Disorder." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1270666735.

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Intoccia, Vincent. "Literature Size Related to Diagnostic Inaccuracy of Personality Disorders." TopSCHOLAR®, 2001. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/669.

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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 & Herkov (1996) studies. The data were analyzed using a combination of correlations and single subject experimental designs. The results indicated that from 1980 to 1987 as literature size increased diagnostic accuracy increased across personality disorders. When examining literature growth three personality disorders (borderline, schizotypal, antisocial) appear to be carrying the literature growth for the group. These three personality disorders have a top five diagnostic accuracy rating. Possible explanations for this relationship as well as implications for future research are discussed.

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Chatfield, Jon. "Investigating client dropout from psychotherapeutic treatments for personality disorders." Thesis, Canterbury Christ Church University, 2013. http://create.canterbury.ac.uk/12437/.

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Dropout from therapy for personality disorder (PD) represents a clinically-important but poorly understood phenomenon in the existing literature. The present grounded theory study explores the experiences of clients with PD, and their therapists, of treatment dropout from a National Health Service outpatient psychotherapy service, specialising in psychodynamic interventions for PD. Pre-therapy questionnaires for 20 clients were initially reviewed to generate hypotheses about the differences between treatment dropouts and completers, before a focus group was conducted with six therapists to explore their beliefs about and experiences of client dropout. Finally, six individual interviews were conducted with clients with PD, five of whom had dropped out from therapy at the host service. The final model highlighted the importance of clients’ treatment expectations, how they perceived their therapist’s behaviour, and their interpersonal history in making decisions about whether to stay in or drop out of therapy. The impact of therapy endings upon clients is also discussed, as well as therapists’ beliefs about managing complex clients, both individually and within a team, under current financial and clinical pressures. The findings are then discussed in relation to existing theory and research, and the clinical implications and limitations of the study are presented.

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di, GIACOMO ESTER. "MATERNAL PERSONALITY DISORDERS AND THEIR OUTCOMES IN THE OFFSPRING." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10281/241147.

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Premesse: Le conoscenze attuali sugli effetti della psicopatologia durante la gravidanza e il postpartum sull'esito mentale nella prole sono molto scarse e si concentrano principalmente su ansia e disturbi depressivi. I disturbi della personalità sono meno indagati. I disturbi borderline e antisociali DP sono quelli maggiormente considerati, sebbene poco analizzati, ma gli altri risultano troppo spesso trascurati. Scopo: L'obiettivo del presente progetto è orientato all'identificazione delle possibili conseguenze nella prole, a causa della psicopatologia materna, in particolare dei disturbi di personalità. Inoltre, cercheremo di identificare eventuali mediatori rispetto all’effetto della personalità, se presenti. Metodi: 108 donne dell’ ambulatorio psichiatrico perinatale ("LUCE"), 152 del CPS, che non hanno avuto problemi specifici nei confronti dei loro figli o maternità (OUTPTS), e 198 controlli sani (HC) sono stati testati con EPDS, BAI, BDI, WHOQOL e CTQ. I loro bambini sono stati testati con CBCL. Risultati: Le donne "LUCE" e OUTPTS non differivano da un punto di vista diagnostico, socioeconomico o farmacologico. I bambini "LUCE" presentavano problemi in tutti i domini sia a livello borderline che clinico, mentre i bambini di OUTPTS avevano difficoltá in pochi domini e ad un livello borderline. I bambini di madri passivo-aggressive sembravano emotivamente più reattivi, quelli delle madri narcisiste&borderline più inclini al ritiro. I bambini di madri passivo-aggressive mostrano una positivitá significativamente maggiore nella maggior parte dei domini clinici rispetto a quelli di madri senza DP, soprattutto ansia/depressione clinica, comportamento ritirato o aggressivo. I bambini delle madri narcisistiche hanno problemi di attenzione ad un livello clinico significativamente maggiori mentre i figli delle madri con disturbo ossessivo-compulsivo DP hanno significativamente più ansia/depressione e disturbi somatici. Un distacco clinicamente significativo differenzia i bambini di madri con differenti PD rispetto a quelle delle madri senza PD. La mediazione EPDS nei bambini "LUCE" ha evidenziato un livello significativamente più alto di ritiro clinico. Un'analisi approfondita del ruolo dell'EPDS nel confrontare i bambini di SCID_II-NEG e di ciascun PD (possibile a livello clinico solo in "LUCE") ha mostrato significato nell'ansia/depressione tra figli di donne con DP paranoide o passivo-aggressivo e SCID_II- NEG e comportamento aggressivo tra passivo-aggressivo e SCID_II-NEG. Un'ulteriore analisi ha mostrato la mancanza di differenze significative in qualsiasi dominio CBCL in ogni PD se EPDS + e - vengono confrontati . Conclusioni: Il presente studio ha lo scopo di indagare i possibili effetti psichici, dovuti alla psicopatologia materna, nella prole di madri affette da disturbi della personalità. Abbiamo selezionato pazienti psichiatrici sia da ambulatori di psichiatria perinatale che territoriali e controlli sani. Un confronto tra i loro figli permette due conclusioni preliminari: i figli di madri con PD hanno esiti peggiori e i figli di madri con una sofferenza psichica nel peripartum hanno un profilo peggiore rispetto a quelli di madri con la stessa diagnosi e trattamento farmacologico. La mediazione di una positività per il rischio di sviluppare una depressione postpartum non sembra sufficiente a giustificare tali risultati. Anche se le donne con quella positività hanno figli che mostrano una maggiore sofferenza, è la difficoltà nel legame madre-figlio o verso la maternità (espressa dalle donne in carico al Dipartimento perinatale) che costituiscono la migliore spiegazione delle maggiori difficoltà dei loro figli. I nostri risultati suggeriscono e sottolineano l'importanza di una rapida identificazione e trattamento delle madri con sofferenza psichica durante la gravidanza al fine di prevenire o almeno ridurre gli esiti psichici nei figli.
Background: Current knowledge on the effects of psychopathology during pregnancy and postpartum on offspring mental outcome is very poor and mainly focused on anxiety and depressive disorders. Personality disorders are less investigated. Borderline and Antisocial PDs are especially considered, but the other PDs are too often neglected. Aim: The aim of the present project drifts towards the identification of possible consequences in offspring, due to maternal psychopathology, particularly personality disorders. Moreover, we will try to identify eventual mediators within personality causal role if any. Methods: 108 women from Perinatal Psychiatric Department (“LUCE”), 152 from Outpatients Psychiatric Department who had no specific issues towards their children or motherhood (OUTPTS) and 198 healthy controls (HC) were tested with EPDS, BAI, BDI, WHOQOL and CTQ. Their children were tested with CBCL. Results: “LUCE” and OUTPTS women did not differ from a diagnostic, socioeconomic and pharmacological point of view. Children of “LUCE” patients showed issues in all the domains both at a borderline and clinical level, while children of OUTPTS patients had only issues in few domains and at a borderline level. Clinical issues are shown especially by children of mothers affected by Passive-aggressive, Paranoid, Narcissistic&Borderline, Obsessive-Compulsive and Narcissistic PDs. In particular, children of PA mothers seemed more emotionally reactive, those of N+B mothers more prone to withdrawn. Children of Passive-Aggressive PD mothers show significance in most of the clinical domains compared to SCID_II-NEG. In particular, it is interesting to underline significance in clinical anxiety/depression, withdrawn and aggressive behavior. Children of Narcissistic mothers have significantly more clinical attention problems while children of Obsessive-Compulsive PD mothers have significantly more clinical anxiety/depression and somatic complaints. Clinical withdrawn differences children of mothers with several PDs compared to those of SCID_II-NEG mothers. Children of “LUCE”-EPDS+ showed clinical issues in all the domains. EPDS mediation in “LUCE” children showed a significant higher level of clinical withdrawn. An in-depth analysis of the role of EPDS in comparing children of SCID_II-NEG and each PDs (possible at a clinical level only in “LUCE”) showed significance in anxiety/depression between PARA or PA and SCID_II-NEG and in aggressive behavior between PA and SCID_II-NEG. A further analysis showed lack of significant differences in any CBCL domain in each PDs if EPDS+ and – were compared. Conclusion: The present study aimed at investigating possible psychic effects in offspring of mothers affected by personality disorders due to maternal psychopathology. We selected psychiatric patients both from Perinatal and Outpatients Departments and healthy controls. A comparison among their children let to highlight two main preliminary conclusion: children of mothers with PDs have worse outcomes and children of mothers with a psychic sufferance in the peripartum have a worse profile compared with those of mothers with the same diagnosis and pharmacological treatment. The mediation of a positivity for the risk of developing postpartum depression does not seem enough to justify such results. Albeit women with that positivity have children that show higher sufferance, it is the difficulty in mother-child bond or toward motherhood (expressed by women admitted to Perinatal Department) that constitute the best explanation to their children higher difficulties. Our results suggest and stress the importance of an early identification and treatment of mothers with psychic sufferance during pregnancy in order to prevent or at least reduce their children psychic outcomes.

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Gluszik, Laura A. "Dependent personality inventory-revised (DPI-R) incorporating a dimensional model in the assessment of dependent personality disorder /." Cleveland, Ohio : Cleveland State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1270666735.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Cleveland State University, 2009.
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Reid, Shonagh. "Stability of personality disorders across the life span and the contributing psychological factors of personality disorders in older adults with mental health problems." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/20996.

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Personality disorders (PD) are among the most complex aspects of human behaviour to understand and manage. Stability is thought to be one of the major distinguishing features between PD’s and other forms of psychopathology, however, recent studies have challenged this notion. Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is the focus of this review and is characterised by interpersonal and emotion regulation difficulties. This thesis aimed to first examine the naturalistic course of BPD, through systematic review of the current literature. Following screening, 12 studies, that met all inclusion/exclusion criteria, were critically evaluated. The results, from studies rated as methodologically sound, suggested that the categorical diagnosis of BPD has poor stability over time, with only 3%-35% of participants retaining a diagnosis of BPD over time. However, the studies reviewed were limited by the population they examined: mainly working age adults with mental health problems. Therefore, studies need to be continued and replicated to increase our understanding of the lifespan course of BPD. PD’s within older adults with mental health problems is a highly debated topic. Clinicians have highlighted the presence of PD symptoms within this group and the need for appropriate therapies. Schema therapy is one intervention that has shown to be effective in the treatment of PD symptoms within a working adult population. A recent Delphi-study led to the consensus that existing therapies for PD, such as schema therapy, that have shown to be effective in working aged adults are applicable to older adults. Therefore, the empirical project focused on exploring the theoretical underpinnings of schema therapy in older adults with mental health problems. 3 self-report questionnaires were administered to 62 participants (aged 65- 85 years); Young’s Schema Questionnaire – Short Form (YSQ-S3), Coolidge Axis-II Inventory (Short) (SCATI-II) and The Regulation of Emotions Questionnaire (REQ- 2). Analysis highlighted that YSQ-S3 and REQ-2 scores significantly predicted 69% of the variance in SCATI-II scores. To the author’s knowledge, this study is the first of its kind to find support for the relationships between early maladaptive schemas (EMS), PD symptoms and the use of dysfunctional emotion regulation (ER) strategies, consistent with the schema therapy model, in older adults with mental health problems.

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Neuger, Jolanta. "Platelet serotonin function and personality traits in affective disorder /." Stockholm, 2002. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2002/91-7349-181-0.

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Austin, Karla Michele. "Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Personality Characteristics and Comorbidity." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1998. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279399/.

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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is surrounded by confusion and controversy regarding its definition, course, etiology and treatment. Among adults, ADHD is rarely considered a diagnostic reality of primary importance and is often overlooked. This study provides descriptive validity for adult ADHD in distinguishing it from controls, and identifying both a pure condition and one wrought with comorbidity.

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Jahng, Seungmin Kolenikov Stanislav. "A mixed model for variance of successive difference of stationary time series modeling temporal instability in intensive longitudinal data /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/6279.

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Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on Feb. 18, 2010). The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file. Dr. Stanislav Kolenikov, Thesis Supervisor Includes bibliographical references.

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Searle, Yvonne. "Multi-impulsive bulimia : a variant of borderline personality disorder?" Thesis, University of East Anglia, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.297044.

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Kantojärvi, L. (Liisa). "Personality disorders in the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort Study." Doctoral thesis, University of Oulu, 2008. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789514288487.

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Abstract Personality disorders (PDs) are relatively common mental disorders associating with other psychiatric disorders and disability. The aim of the study was to determine the occurrence of PDs in a general population subsample and psychiatric hospital patients, the associations of PDs with childhood family structure, the co-occurrence of PD with common psychiatric disorders, and the associations between PDs and temperament. The study is part of the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort Project (NFBC 1966), consisting of cohort members living in Oulu (N = 1,609) on 1st January 1997 (the Oulu Study). The study consisted of a two-stage psychiatric field survey with questionnaires and a structured clinical interview and analysis of the patient records in public outpatient care. Information concerning psychiatric illness of all cohort members (N = 12,058) was gathered from the Finnish Hospital Discharge register (FHDR). The best-estimate procedure was used for the assessment of psychiatric morbidity including PDs. Childhood family structure and other sociodemographic variables were drawn from questionnaires of the field study conducted during earlier follow-up studies. In this study PDs were classified into three clusters: Cluster A (paranoid, schizoid and schizotypal PD), Cluster B (antisocial, borderline, histrionic, and narcissistic PD), and Cluster C (avoidant, dependent, obsessive-compulsive, and passive-aggressive PD). The most common PDs in the Oulu Study sample were Cluster C PDs, whereas Cluster B PDs were most common in the hospital-treated sample. PDs were highly associated with mood, anxiety and substance use disorders. Single-parent family type in childhood was associated with PDs, especially Cluster B PDs in adulthood. PD clusters were associated with different profiles of temperament, but the temperament dimensions could not distinguish different PDs very well. These results indicated that it is important to recognize PDs and their comorbid psychiatric disorders. This will have implications in both general outpatient care and psychiatry. These results indicate the importance of recognition of childhood risk factors for PDs for the prevention of severe PDs. The results suggest a need for more studies about the aetiology and development of PDs
Tiivistelmä Persoonallisuushäiriöt ovat yleisiä mielenterveyden ongelmia, joihin liittyy usein psykiatrista oheissairastavuutta ja toimintakyvyn laskua. Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli arvioida persoonallisuushäiriöiden yleisyyttä nuorilla aikuisilla. tehtävänä oli arvoida yhteyksiä lapsuuden perherakenteeseen ja yleisimpiin psykiatrisiin häiriöihin sekä arvioida persoonallisuushäiriöiden yhteyksiä temperamenttitekijöihin. Tutkimus on osa Pohjois-Suomen vuoden 1966 syntymäkohortin psykiatrista osaprojektia, Oulu Studyä. Tutkimusaineiston muodostivat Oulu Studyn otokseen kuuluvat kaikki 1. tammikuuta 1997 Oulussa asuneet kohortin jäsenet (N = 1 609) sekä sairaalahoidossa olleiden persoonallisuushäiriö- diagnoosin saaneiden osalta koko alkuperäisen syntymäkohortin (N = 12 058) jäsenet. Tutkimus koostui kaksivaiheisesta psykiatrisesta kenttätutkimuksesta, jossa tietoja tutkittavilta kerättiin sekä kyselylomakkeiden ja haastattelututkimuksen avulla. Lisäksi tutkittavilta kerättiin tiedot heidän elinaikanaan toteutuneesta julkisten psykiatristen sairaala- ja avohoitopalvelujen käytöstä sairauskertomustietojen perusteella. Niin kutsutun best-estimated -menetelmän avulla arvioitiin tutkittavien psykiatrista sairastavuutta mukaan lukien persoonallisuushäiriöt. Tutkittavien lapsuuden perherakennetta ja sosiodemografisia tekijöitä arvioitiin aiempien seurantatutkimusten tietojen avulla. Tutkimuksessa persoonallisuushäiriöt luokiteltiin DSM-III-R-diagnoosiluokituksen mukaisesti kolmeen eri pääryhmään ja niiden mukaisiin alaryhmiin: Ryhmä A (epävakaa, eristäytyvä ja psykoosipiirteinen persoonallisuus), ryhmä B (epäsosiaalinen, epävakaa, huomionhakuinen ja narsistinen persoonallisuus) ja ryhmä C (estynyt, riippuvainen, pakko-oireinen ja passiivis-aggressiivinen persoonallisuus). Oulu Studyn väestöotoksessa yleisimpiä näistä olivat ns. C-ryhmän persoonallisuushäiriöt, kun taas sairaalahoidetuilla henkilöillä B-ryhmän persoonallisuushäiriöt olivat yleisimpiä. Persoonallisuushäiriöiden todettiin liittyvän yleisesti masennus- ja ahdistuneisuushäiriöihin sekä päihteiden käyttöön. Vanhemman yksinhuoltajuuden todettiin liittyvän persoonallisuushäiriöihin, etenkin B-ryhmän persoonallisuushäiriöihin. Persoonallisuushäiriöryhmät erosivat toisistaan temperamenttiprofiilien perusteella. Eri persoonallisuushäiriöistä kärsivillä tutkittavilla ei todettu tyypillisiä temperamenttiprofiileja. Johtopäätöksenä voidaan todeta, että persoonallisuushäiriöiden ja niihin yleisesti liittyvän psykiatrisen oheissairastavuuden tunnistaminen on tärkeää. Havainnot korostavat perusterveydenhuollon ja erikoissairaanhoidon yhteistyön merkitystä persoonallisuushäiriöistä ja psykiatrisista häiriöistä kärsivien henkilöiden tutkimuksessa ja hoidossa. Persoonallisuushäiriöille altistavien lapsuuden tekijöiden tunnistaminen on tärkeää vaikeiden persoonallisuushäiriöiden ehkäisemiseksi. Persoonallisuushäiriöiden etiologian ja kehittymisen selvittämiseksi tarvitaan uusia tutkimuksia

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Duncan, Julianne Christine. "A Prototypical Analysis of Antisocial Personality Disorder: Important Considerations for the DSM-IV." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1993. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500744/.

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Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD) represents a controversial diagnoses which has gone through many revisions over the past 25 years and is scheduled to be revised again for the DSM IV. A comprehensive survey was composed of APD criteria from the DSM II, DSM III, DSM III-R, PCL-R, Psychopathic Personality Disorder, and Dyssocial Personality Disorder. The survey was completed by 321 forensic psychiatrists based on which criteria they believed to be the most prototypical of antisocial personality. The results identified four factors: irresponsibility, unstable self image, and unstable relationships; manipulation and lack of guilt; aggressive behavior; and nonviolent juvenile delinquency. A diagnostic set composed of the most prototypical criteria was proposed for the DSM IV diagnosis of APD.

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Jones, Sarah A. "Understanding change within emotionally unstable personality disorder." Thesis, Canterbury Christ Church University, 2017. http://create.canterbury.ac.uk/16351/.

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Qualitative research has begun focussing on the experience of change within psychological therapy for individuals with a diagnosis of Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD). However, many individuals do not access therapy but instead utilise other forms of support. This study aimed to develop a holistic theory of change, applicable to but extendable beyond the remit of psychological therapy. Twelve individuals were interviewed using semi-structured format about their experience of change. Five individuals with a diagnosis of EUPD were interviewed alongside seven staff members. A Grounded Theory methodology was used. The key change experience was defined as one of ‘shifting positions’ where the individual began evolving their relationship to themselves, to others and to help. This process was often facilitated by development of safe and trusting relationships and a personal readiness to change. The change process could simultaneously be enhanced and set back by staff and Mental Health Services. This change process mirrors and expands the findings of previous research and offers a change model applicable across settings. Future research should include the perspective of carers and clinical settings should explore how best to support staff to attune to individuals’ needs in order to facilitate change.

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Longato-Stadler, Eva. "Psychopathology and Platelet MAO in a Criminal Male Population in Sweden." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala University, Department of Neuroscience, 2002. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-2028.

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The subjects were 130 male prisoners in Swedish jails were examined by SCID and the diagnoses given in terms of DSM-IV. The most common mental disorder was drug abuse. On Axis II several personality disorders were diagnosed. Personality assessments were made by KSP. High scores were mainly found for e.g. impulsiveness, sensation seeking, aggression and low scores in socialisation.

MAO assays were performed in 99 male criminal offenders and in 60 non-criminal volunteers. Offenders had lower MAO activity than controls also with the confounding factor smoking under control. It is proposed that platelet MAO is linked to personality traits, which can predispose for criminality.

For testing the existence of combinations of vulnerability factors, a configuration frequency analysis (CFA) was used. The criteria which formed the basis for the subgrouping were; MAO activity below or above –0.5 SD of the mean (L and H), the presence or absence of an Axis I disorder (= drug abuse) (Y/N), the presence or absence of an Axis II disorder (Y/N), or the presence or absence of an Axis I and II disorder (Y/N). In this way eight subgroups were formed. Two significant "types" were found among the criminals: One was characterised by low platelet MAO activity, Cluster B personality diagnosis as well as Drug Abuse Disorder diagnosis (LYY); and the other by a pattern of normal platelet MAO activity, no Cluster B personality disorder, and no Drug Disorder diagnosis (HNN). Also two "antitypes", occurring less frequent than expected, were identified; LYN and LNY. Thus, the aggregation of certain risk factors in the same individual has been shown to contribute to the development of criminal behaviour.

The subgroups HNN, LYN, LNY and LYY were then analysed for a variety of criminological factors. There was a difference in mean age between the subgroups, the HNN being lowest. Economical crimes were more common at an early criminal debut and crimes involving violence at an adult debut. The HNN subgroup had a lower number of crimes and times spent in jail than the other subgroups. More than 50% of the clients in all groups had previously been sentenced to Reformatory.

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Quigley, Brian David. "Diagnostic relapse in Borderline Personality Disorder: risk and protective factors." Diss., Texas A&M University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/1237.

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Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is one of the more common personality disorder diagnoses observed in psychiatric inpatients and outpatients. Previous studies have found that individuals with BPD may be expected to experience difficulties throughout their lifetimes and they may repeatedly return for psychological treatment. Whereas previous studies have attempted to identify various factors related to relapse in other chronically recurring disorders such as depression, schizophrenia, and substance abuse, studies examining factors associated with relapse in BPD, and personality disorders in general, are absent from the scientific literature. This exploratory study examined whether specific risk and protective factors (dynamic and/or static) identified from the general relapse literature were associated with diagnostic relapse in BPD. Results revealed that variables related to an increased likelihood for BPD relapse included: substance abuse or Major Depressive Disorder, higher Neuroticism, and lower Conscientiousness. In addition, having a steady work or school status after remission was found to protect against a BPD relapse in the presence of various risk factors. Although this study has several limitations, these results provide some of the first insights to the processes of relapse and continued remission in BPD patients. Continued research efforts in this area can help to identify individuals who are at a greater risk for BPD relapse and potentially to design effective relapse-prevention strategies for the treatment of BPD.

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Meadows, Jamie Heather. "The five factor model and personality pathology : the role of dysfunction in the determination of dependent personality disorder /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9946280.

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Barker, Thomas William. "A comparative study of the reconstruction of self among depressed and non-depressed older adults." Thesis, University of Surrey, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.246186.

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Hart, Stephen David. "Diagnosis of psychopathy in a forensic psychiatric population." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26835.

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Both researchers and clinicians, especially those working in criminal populations, have long suggested that psychopathy (or antisocial personality disorder) and schizophrenia are associated on an etiological or on some other level (e.g., Eysenck and Eysenck, 1976, 1978). Others (Hare, 1984; Hare and Harpur, 1986; Raine, 1985) argue that psychopathy is not associated (or even negatively associated) with other psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia. To evaluate these competing positions concerning the psychopathy-schizophrenia association, 80 male prisoners remanded to a forensic psychiatric institute for assessment of their fitness to stand trial were diagnosed using both the Psychopathy Checklist (PCL; Hare, 1980, 1985a) and DSM-III Axis I and II criteria. In addition, clinical global ratings and self-report inventories were used to measure the strength of psychopathy- and schizophrenia-related traits. The results indicated that: a) although diagnoses of psychopathy (according to PCL criteria) did not have perfect specificity with respect to schizophrenia-related clinical diagnoses, the overlap was small, and the PCL scales were either not associated or negatively associated with these disorders; b) diagnoses of antisocial personality disorder (APD, according to DSM-III criteria) were generally not associated with schizophrenia-related disorders, but had lower clinical specificity than did the PCL criteria with respect to both schizophrenia-related and other psychiatric disorders; c) there was no association between psychopathy- and schizophrenia-related clinical ratings; d) psychopathy and APD diagnoses and clinical ratings were not related to scores on other standard rating scales of the severity of psychiatric symptomatology; and e) there was no difference between schizophrenic and non-schizophrenic subjects in the strength of psychopathy-related traits, and no difference between psychopaths and nonpsychopaths (or APD versus non-APD subjects) in the strength of schizophrenia-related traits. As well, self-report measures related to psychopathy and schizophrenia did not correlate with each other, or with clinical ratings of the two disorders. The results are interpreted as supporting the view that psychopathy is not positively associated with schizophrenia or with psychiatric disorder in general. The practical utility of various techniques for assessing psychopathy in forensic psychiatric populations is also discussed.
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Kamath, Vidyulata. "THE RELATIVE SENSITIVITY OF AN OLFACTORY IDENTIFICATION DEFICIT IN INDIVIDUALS WITH SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY FEATURES." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2007. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/3847.

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Olfactory identification deficits have received recent attention as a potentially useful endophenotype for schizophrenia. Examination of this deficit in individuals with schizotypal personality features (SPF) offers an alternative approach to multiple confounds present when examining individuals with schizophrenia. The aim of the current study was to compare the relative sensitivity of performance on measures of olfaction identification and sustained attention to the presence of SPF. Twenty-six undergraduates were defined as having SPF based on scoring in the top 10% of the Abbreviated Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (SPQ-B; mean age 19.6, SD = 1.1; 62% female). These individuals were compared to twenty-six controls (scoring lower than half a standard deviation above the mean; mean age 19.8, SD = 1.6; 62% female). All participants were administered the Schizotypal Personality Disorder (SPD) section of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM IV Axis II Personality Disorders (SCID-II). In addition, participants were administered the Brief Smell Identification Test (B-SIT) and a six-minute degraded-stimuli Continuous Performance Test (CPT). Group differences in performance indices of the CPT did not approach statistical significance. Similarly, there were no statistically significant group differences for males or females in performance on the B-SIT. Correlational analyses examined cognitive performance with a dimension score derived by summing quantitative ratings from the SPD items on the SCID-II. The SPD dimension score showed a statistically significant positive correlation with several performance indices of the CPT, including omission errors (rs(52) = .51, p < .001) and commission errors (rs(52) = .38, p < .005). In contrast, the B-SIT scores were not correlated with the SPD dimension score for males or females. Contrary to our hypothesis, results from the current study suggest that olfactory identification deficits may not represent a robust endophenotype consistently found in samples with schizotypal personality features. With regard to sustained attention, our differential findings suggest that schizotypal traits may be more adequately assessed through an interview by trained clinicians who use clinical judgment to determine the presence of phenotypic aspects of SPD (e.g., SCID-II), rather than relying on self-report measures (e.g., SPQ-B). Implications as well as limitations and future directions of these findings are discussed.
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White, Elliott P. "Social cognition skills in borderline personality disorder." Thesis, Canterbury Christ Church University, 2014. http://create.canterbury.ac.uk/12836/.

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Section A reviewed 18 empirical behavioural studies on empathy and mental state inference (MSI) skills in those meeting Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) criteria. The review was situated within Mentalization theory (MBT), which posits a central link between such skills and complex needs presentation. Firm conclusions about BPD mentalization skills are difficult as deficits, enhanced abilities and no differences from non-patients are reported. None of the reviewed papers stimulated attachment system arousal, as warranted by mentalization theory. Economic game research was highlighted as offering value in assessing self-directed mentalization, an under-researched area. Section B sought to test MBT and other model’s claim that empathy and Mental State inference (MSI) skills are differentially degraded in Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). 27 people meeting BPD criteria and a matched non-patient group had empathy assessed with the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Task and MSI assessed with a modified economic game. This was done before and after a novel attachment system intervention. Empathy skills were less accurate in the BPD group. Other findings including game behaviour, fairness ratings and a social cue selective prioritisation in non-patients only are discussed. The theoretical links and suggestions for clinical innovation and research development are provided.

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DUBRO, ALAN FRAZIER. "DIAGNOSIS OF DSM-III PERSONALITY DISORDERS THROUGH THE USE OF THREE SELF-REPORT INVENTORIES." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/183880.

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Publication of DSM-III led to increased recognition and diagnosis of personality disorders by assigning them to a separate axis. Self-report inventories have recently been constructed to reflect these changes in psychiatric nosology. This study compared the diagnostic efficiency of three tests: MMPI personality disorder scales (MMPI PD scales), Million Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI), and the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire (PDQ). Subjects were nonpsychotic psychiatric patients (n = 37), and medical control patients (n = 20). Subjects were given a clinical interview to diagnose any and all DSM-III personality disorders, and were then administered the three self-report inventories. Results indicate that the tests were extremely accurate at identifying the presence of any personality disorder, clusters of personality disorders, and specific personality disorders. Using the tests in combination further increased their efficiency. Implications for using cost-effective self-report tests in lieu of labor-intensive structured interviews are discussed.

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Börjesson, Karin. "Mental illness : relation to childbirth and experience of motherhood /." Stockholm, 2005. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2005/91-7140-521-6/.

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Álvarez, Segura Mar. "Increase of egocentrity as an index of psychopathology in personality disorders." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Abat Oliba CEU, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/300310.

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Aquest treball ofereix un estudi del concepte psicològic “d´egocentricitat” per una millor comprensió de les distorsions de la personalitat. Un coneixement escaient del terme ajuda a clarificar com les decisions ètiques poden afectar a certes facultats psicològiques i contribuir en major o menor mesura a la cristal·lització dels trastorns de personalitat. Es tracta per tant, d’un treball que estableix un pont entre l'ètica i la psicologia clínica. Per aquesta comesa s’ha utilitzat un model antropològic catòlic de la personalitat.

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Bodlund, Owe. "Transsexualism and personality : methodological and clinical studies on gender identity disorders." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Psykiatri, 1994. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-100587.

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Patients suffering from transsexualism (TS) who apply for sex reassignment surgery (SRS) go through a complex evaluation process before being accepted for treatment. In general, the results from SRS are satisfying. However, further knowledge is needed to clearly delineate transsexualism from other related gender identity disorders (GID) and to improve the selection of candidates for SRS. Personality has for a long time been considered as the key concept for that purpose but systematic studies using reliable instruments are lacking. The present study aims at improving the assessment procedure, validating the concept of transsexualism and studying the outcome of SRS and important prognostic factors. Two methodological studies deal with the development and validation of two self-report instruments based on DSM-III-R: SCID screen covering Axis II personality disorders/traits and Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF-scale, Axis V). SCID screen diagnoses of personality disorders (PD) were compared with diagnoses from independent structured interviews by means of the SCID-II. The overall kappa in identifying a PD was 0.78 varying from 0.34 to 0.81 for the specific PDs when cut-off was adjusted. When applied to a group of GID-patients SCID screen diagnoses agreed well with clinical diagnoses (kappa 0.77). Self-report of the GAF also proved to be a reliable (overall Pearson r=0.62) and useful method and the study lends further support to the validity of Axis V. In three papers a group of 19 transsexuals was studied by means of a) SCID screen to examine their personality in a dimensional and traditional categorical way, b) the GAF-scale to study psychosocial functioning, c) Structural Analysis of Social Behavior (SASB) to examine self-image and d) Defense Mechanism Test (DMT) to analyze psychological defense structures from a psychodynamic perspective. Patients with atypical gender identity disorders (GIDAANT) and patients with borderline personality disorders as well as healthy subjects were used as contrast groups. Among the transsexuals 10 out of 19 had an additional axis I disorder and 37% had at least one PD, predominantly within cluster B. When analyzed dimensionally according to SCID screen, frequent subthreshold personality pathology was found and biological women fulfilled more axis II criteria than men. TS had less axis I and II pathology compared with GIDAANT and psychiatric patients. According to SASB, TS had a positive self-image with both self-control and spontaneous self and predominating self-love. They appeared significantly more healthy on self-image measures than GIDAANT patients. The DMT revealed a different pattern; TS patients were more disturbed in several areas than patients with borderline personality disorder. TS showed no ”emotional investment” and poorer reality orientation in contrast to both healthy controls and the borderline group but shared a similar pregenital pathology with the borderline patients. Finally, five-year outcome was studied among the transsexuals from a multidimensional approach (e.g. work, interpersonal relations, partnership, subjective opinion) and related to index- measurements on DSM-III-R, SCID screen, GAF, SASB and DMT. Based on combined outcome variables, 68% of the subjects were judged to have improved and 16% had an unsatisfactory outcome. One single case regretted the sex change. SCID screen pathology and SASB disturbances emerged as significant predictors for negative outcome, as well as male biological sex and lack of partnership. It was concluded, that although outcome is in general very favorable, the instruments under investigation, in particular SCID screen and SASB, revealed valuable prognostic information and they are suggested to become part of the future routine assessment of candidates for SRS.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Umeå : Umeå universitet, 1995, härtill 6 uppsatser.

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Coid, Bina. "A long-term follow-up of personality disorders : Maudsley twin series." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 1997. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/a-longterm-followup-of-personality-disorders--maudsley-twin-series(3594b7ec-f6f5-4a80-94c0-cb923dc92c37).html.

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Everett, David C. Blashfield Roger K. "Antisocial personality disorder vs. psychopathy an analysis of the literature /." Auburn, Ala., 2006. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/2006%20Spring/master's/EVERETT_DAVID_59.pdf.

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Ernest, Kimberly Dawn. "Correlates Between Adult Romantic Attachment Patterns and Dimensional Personality Pathology." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2013. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc283794/.

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Previous research has suggested that adult attachment disturbance is related to maladaptic interaction patterns and personality disorder constructs. Specifically, research indicates that those with attachment disturbance are significantly more likely to meet criteria for a number of personality disorders, including borderline personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, and antisocial personality disorder. The purpose of this study was to investigate the associations between adult attachment and the new dimensional model of personality disorders scheduled to be released in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Health Diosrders (5th ed.) in spring 2013. Participants completed the Schedule for Adaptive and Nonadaptive Personality (SNAP) to measure dimensional personality functioning and the Experiences in Close Relationships (ECR-R) and the Attachment Prototypes to measure adult attachment patterns. Additionally, select scales from the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) and the Five Factor Model (FFM) will be utilized as secondary measures of personality patterns. The results suggest strong associations between adult attachment orientations and specific maladaptive personality characteristics.

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