Quality of life in personality and personality disorders

Narud, Kjersti; Dahl, Alv A.

doi:10.1097/00001504-200203000-00002

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“…Another study ( Johnson et al 2005) reported that dysfunction was as strongly predicted by PD-not otherwise specified (PD-NOS) as it was by any other PD. Two reviews found PD was associated with reduced quality of life (Narud & Dahl 2002) and dysfunction "in nearly every realm of concern to healthcare providers" (Smith & Benjamin 2002, p. 135).…”

Section: Assessing Dysfunctionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessment and Diagnosis of Personality Disorder: Perennial Issues and an Emerging Reconceptualization

Clark

2007

Annu. Rev. Psychol.

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This chapter reviews recent (2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005) personality disorder (PD) research, focusing on three major domains: assessment, comorbidity, and stability. (a) Substantial evidence has accrued favoring dimensional over categorical conceptualization of PD, and the five-factor model of personality is prominent as an integrating framework. Future directions include assessing dysfunction separately from traits and learning to utilize collateral information. (b) To address the pervasiveness and extent of comorbidity, researchers have begun to move beyond studying overlapping pairs or small sets of disorders and are developing broader, more integrated common-factor models that cross the Axis I-Axis II boundary. (c) Studies of PD stability have converged on the finding that PD features include both more acute, dysfunctional behaviors that resolve in relatively short periods, and maladaptive temperamental traits that are relatively more stable-similar to normal-range personality traits-with increasing stability until after 50 years of age. A new model for assessing PDand perhaps all psychopathology-emerges from integrating these interrelated reconceptualizations.

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Section: Assessing Dysfunctionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessment and Diagnosis of Personality Disorder: Perennial Issues and an Emerging Reconceptualization

Clark

2007

Annu. Rev. Psychol.

702

718

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“…Items 4, 5, 10, 18 and 19 are negatively keyed. The first factor (difficulty in identifying feelings; DIF) in the three-factor model for the TAS-20 consists of seven items (items 1, 3,6,7,9,13,14) assessing the ability to identify feelings and to distinguish them from the somatic sensations that accompany emotional arousal. Factor 2 (difficulty in describing feelings; DDF) consists of five items (items 2, 4, 11, 12, 17) assessing the ability to describe feelings to other people.…”

Section: Toronto Alexithymia Scale Alexithymia Was Assessed With Thementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Perhaps the most welldocumented schedule for the measurement of QoL is SF-36, which assesses two broad dimensions of physical and mental health, each consisting of four specific domains [3]. The SF-36 consists of the following eight scales with 36 items [35]: general health, physical functioning, role limitations due to physical health (role physical), bodily pain, mental health, role limitations due to emotional problems (role emotional), energy fatigue and social functioning [35].…”

Section: Toronto Alexithymia Scale Alexithymia Was Assessed With Thementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Among the internal factors, personality seems to play a substantial role with respect to QoL or related concepts, such as life satisfaction and well-being [2]. Personality traits and living conditions are stable, whereas illness and other negative life events make for changes in state that influence QoL [3].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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“…Measurement of QoL within the scope of treatment programs would help to identify treatment requirements in alcohol-dependent inpatients [1]. Although QoL assessments should reflect the physical, psychological and social situation of the individual, personality traits are relatively stable factors that may influence QoL [3,27]. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of temperament and character dimensions and alexithymia as personality traits with QoL among alcohol-dependent inpatients.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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