The study shows how insecure attachment types (anxious and avoidant) are associated with traits of the «dark triad» (narcissism, psychopathy Machiavellianism) in a sample patients borderline personality disorder. It was found that among respondents, greatest relationship individuals predominance anxious type attachment, who showed statistically significant sharpening such as: impulsiveness, man...

OBJECTIVE This study examined the utilization of mental health treatments over a three-year period among patients with schizotypal, borderline, avoidant, or obsessive-compulsive personality disorders compared with patients with major depressive disorder and no personality disorder. METHODS A prospective, longitudinal study design was used to measure treatment use for 633 individuals aged 18 t...

Patients with circumscri bed speech phobia, generalized social phobia, and generalized social phobia with avoidant personality disorder were assessed with modified Stroop color-naming tests. The two generalii social phobia groups demonstrated cognitive interference on a General Social Stimuli Stmop Test (e.g., party), which was not evident in the circumscribed speech phobia group. As expected, ...

OBJECTIVE We evaluated the significance of purging behavior in the diagnosis of eating disorders through an objective assessment of eating disorder psychopathology including personality disorders. METHODS Subjects were 42 consecutive outpatients with eating disorders who visited the Outpatient Psychiatric Clinic at Tokai University Hospital (Kanagawa, Japan). Diagnosis of eating and personali...

Klinik Psikofarmakoloji Bülteni, Cilt: 20, Say›: 2, 2010 / Bulletin of Clinical Psychopharmacology, Vol: 20, N.: 2, 2010 www.psikofarmakoloji.org Siever and Davis (1991) describe that the borders between personality disorders and Axis I psychiatric disorders are not well-pronounced so that these disorders can be perceived as a continuation of each other on both ends. The authors also indicate t...

Personality research has shown that negativity in social situations (e.g., negative evaluations of others) can be reduced by the activation of participants' sense of attachment security. Individuals with avoidant personality disorder (APD), however, are theoretically less responsive to context or situational cues because of the inflexible nature of their personality disposition. This idea of in...

Introduction: Personality characteristics are believed to predict post-transplant adherence and outcome. However, data concerning the prevalence and type of personality disorders (PDs) among transplant populations are sparse. Objectives: To evaluate the prevalence and types of PDs among patients waiting for liver or kidney transplants, to compare the results obtained between the two groups and ...

Conflict between parents and adolescents involves reciprocal exchanges in which family members influence and shape each other's behavior. This study uses multilevel path analysis to examine interrelations in observed behavior during 15-min conflict discussions conducted by 103 family triads, looking specifically at parent coercive and youth avoidant behaviors. We also explore the moderating rol...

We examined the tendency to react to failure by derogating others. A situation was constructed to test this reaction among those posited to exhibit this behavior most often—narcissistically inclined individuals. The participants (N 1⁄4 64) consisted of college students screened for pathological personality traits using self-report and peer report measures. Participants completed a two-part lab ...