Personality Disorder Traits During Adolescence and Relationships With Family Members During the Transition to Adulthood.

Johnson, Jeffrey G.; Chen, Henian; Cohen, Patricia

doi:10.1037/0022-006x.72.6.923

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“…For marital satisfaction, the target’s self-report of PD symptoms explained a substantial amount of the variance, with higher levels of pathology associated with lower levels of satisfaction. Certainly, this should not be surprising in light of research which suggests that people with personality disorders intensify their interpersonal problems because they are rigid, inflexible, and either unwilling or unable to adapt to the social challenges they encounter (Chen et al, 2004; Johnson, Chen, & Cohen, 2004; Pagano et al, 2004). …”

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Personality disorder symptoms and marital functioning.

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Oltmanns

2008

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

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Pathological personality is strongly linked with interpersonal impairment, yet, no study to date has examined the relationship between concurrent personality pathology and dysfunction in marriagea relationship most people find central to their lives. In a cross-sectional study of a community sample of married couples (N=82), multilevel modeling was used to estimate the association of self-and spouse reported PD symptoms with levels of marital satisfaction and verbal aggression and perpetration of physical violence. Including self-and spouse report of total PD symptoms resulted in improved model fit and greater variance explained, with much of the improvement coming after the addition of spouse-report. The incremental validity of spouse-report of several of the ten PD scales was supported for marital satisfaction and verbal aggression, particularly for borderline and dependent PD features. Keywords personality disorders; marital adjustment; informants Personality Pathology and Marital AdjustmentThe symptoms that delineate Axis II personality pathology inevitably lead to difficulties in interacting with the interpersonal world. As others have noted, there are aspects of personality disorders (PDs) beyond trouble with relating to others (e.g., chronicity and dysfunction in multiple social roles; Pilkonis, Kim, Proietti, & Barkham, 1999), but a common overriding theme to all disorders is marked impairment in relationships. Indeed, it is well argued that an inability to pursue fundamental adult life tasks, including "close and meaningful intimate relationships" is at the core of the concept of personality disorder (Krueger, Skodol, Livesley, Shrout, & Huang, 2007). There is research linking personality pathology to the most extreme Publisher's Disclaimer:The following manuscript is the final accepted manuscript. It has not been subjected to the final copyediting, fact-checking, and proofreading required for formal publication. It is not the definitive, publisher-authenticated version. The American Psychological Association and its Council of Editors disclaim any responsibility or liabilities for errors or omissions of this manuscript version, any version derived from this manuscript by NIH, or other third parties. The published version is available at http://www.apa.org/journals/ccp/ NIH Public Access forms of maladaptive intimate relationships (i.e., partner violence); yet, there is no study to date that examines more normative measures of marital functioning in relation to PD features. This is a surprising gap considering that these disorders are a collection of cognitive, behavioral, and affective traits which are severe and chronic (American Psychiatric Association, 2000) and that lead to significant impairment in social functioning (Skodol et al., 2002).The current study aims to examine the association between personality disorder symptoms and key features of marital relationships, from satisfaction to verbal conflict and physical violence. Personality pathology is currently represented in the DSM (AP...

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Personality disorder symptoms and marital functioning.

South

Turkheimer

Oltmanns

2008

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

101

121

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“…These findings suggest that pathological variants of identity are a clinically meaningful construct, related to different forms of severe personality pathology and distinguishable from normal identity issues in adolescence. Research on identity diffusion in adolescents and the relationship with personality pathology is important in light of the increasing body of evidence that PDs can be diagnosed in adolescents (see, e.g., Chanen & McCutcheon, 2008;Grilo et al, 1998;Johnson et al, 2000;Westen, Shedler, Durett, Glass, & Martens, 2003) and are strongly associated with concurrent (see, e.g., Braun-Scharm, 1996;Johnson et al, 2005;Kasen et al, 2007;Lavan & Johnson, 2002;Serman, Johnson, Geller, Kanost, & Zacharapoulou, 2002;Westen et al, 2003) and future problems and dysfunctional behaviors (Chen, Cohen, Kasen, & Johnson, 2006;Daley et al, 1999;Daley, Rizzo, & Gunderson, 2006;Johnson, Chen, & Cohen, 2004;Johnson et al, 1999Johnson et al, , 2005Levy et al, 1999).…”

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Identity: Empirical Contribution: Changes in the Identity Integration of Adolescents in Treatment for Personality Disorders

Feenstra¹,

Hutsebaut²,

Verheul³

et al. 2014

Journal of Personality Disorders

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A renewed interest in identity as one of the core markers of personality disorders has been introduced by the DSM-5 Level of Personality Functioning Scale. However, little is known about the utility of the construct of identity in children and adolescents. This study aimed to broaden the knowledge of identity integration as a core component of personality functioning in adolescents. The authors investigated levels of identity integration, as measured by the Severity Indices of Personality Problems (SIPP-118; Verheul et al., 2008), in adolescents in both normal (n = 406) and clinical populations (n = 285). Furthermore, changes in levels of identity integration during treatment were investigated in a clinical subsample (n = 76). Levels of identity integration were not associated with age. They were, however, associated with the absence or presence of personality pathology. Most adolescents receiving inpatient psychotherapy gradually changed toward more healthy levels of identity integration; a significant number, however, remained at maladaptive levels of identity functioning after intensive psychotherapy.

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“…Most diagnostic criteria were based on information from both mother and adolescent respondents. Information regarding the convergent validity and prospective validity is available from previous reports [31][32][33]. Additionally, the validity of assessed PD symptoms in this study has been supported by many theoretically predicted associations with risks [30,34], correlates [29], and outcomes [35,36].…”

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confidence: 88%