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The significance of anxiety symptoms in predicting psychosocial functioning across borderline personality traits

The significance of anxiety symptoms in predicting psychosocial functioning across borderline personality traits

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Jacqueline Howard, Howard J, de Jesús-Romeroo, Allison Peipert, Tennisha Riley, Lauren A. Rutter, Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces Published: January 27, 2021 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245099 Abstract Emotion regulation is a central task of daily life. Difficulty regulating emotions is a core feature of borderline personality disorder (BPD), one of the most common and impairing personality disorder diagnoses. While anger and symptoms of depression are instantiated in the criteria for BPD, anxiety is not, despite being among the most common psychiatric…

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Change Mechanisms of Schema-Centered Group Psychotherapy with Personality Disorder Patients

Change Mechanisms of Schema-Centered Group Psychotherapy with Personality Disorder Patients

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Wolfgang Tschacher , Peter Zorn, Fabian Ramseyer Published: June 22, 2012 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0039687   Abstract Background This study addressed the temporal properties of personality disorders and their treatment by schema-centered group psychotherapy. It investigated the change mechanisms of psychotherapy using a novel method by which psychotherapy can be modeled explicitly in the temporal domain. Methodology and Findings 69 patients were assigned to a specific schema-centered behavioral group psychotherapy, 26 to social skills training as a control…

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Identifying distinct profiles of impulsivity for the four facets of psychopathy

Identifying distinct profiles of impulsivity for the four facets of psychopathy

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Samuel J. West , Elena Psederska, Kiril Bozgunov, Dimitar Nedelchev, Georgi Vasilev, Nicholas D. Thomson, Jasmin Vassileva Published: April 14, 2023  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283866 Abstract Psychopathy comprises antagonistic personality traits and antisocial behaviors that are associated with critical outcomes for the individual and society (e.g., violent behavior). Since its inception, impulsivity has been theorized as a core feature of psychopathy. Research supports this assertion, yet psychopathy and impulsivity are both multifaceted constructs. As such, the associations commonly…

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Moral grandstanding in public discourse: Status-seeking motives as a potential explanatory mechanism in predicting conflict

Moral grandstanding in public discourse: Status-seeking motives as a potential explanatory mechanism in predicting conflict

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Joshua B. Grubbs , Brandon Warmke, Justin Tosi, A. Shanti James, W. Keith Campbell Published: October 16, 2019 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223749 Abstract Public discourse is often caustic and conflict-filled. This trend seems to be particularly evident when the content of such discourse is around moral issues (broadly defined) and when the discourse occurs on social media. Several explanatory mechanisms for such conflict have been explored in recent psychological and social-science literatures. The present work sought to examine…

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The Influence of Parental Psychopathology on Offspring Suicidal Behavior across the Lifespan

The Influence of Parental Psychopathology on Offspring Suicidal Behavior across the Lifespan

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Geilson Lima Santana , Bruno Mendonca Coelho , Guilherme Borges , Maria Carmen Viana , Yuan Pang Wang , Laura Helena Andrade Published: July 31, 2015 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0134970 Abstract Suicide tends to occur in families, and parental psychopathology has been linked to offspring suicidal behaviors. This study explores the influence of parental mental disorders across the lifespan. Data are from the Sao Paulo Megacity Mental Health Survey, a cross-sectional household study with a representative sample of…

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Parenting and personality disorder: An overview and meta-synthesis of systematic reviews

Parenting and personality disorder: An overview and meta-synthesis of systematic reviews

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Kayla R. Steele, Michelle L. Townsend, Brin F. S. Grenyer Published: October 1, 2019 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223038 Abstract Background/Objectives Maladaptive parenting (including childhood maltreatment, abuse and neglect) has been implicated in the scientific literature exploring the aetiology of personality disorder, particularly borderline personality disorder (BPD). Our primary objective was to summarise the evidence on the relationship between parenting and personality disorder, assisting clinical decision-makers to translate this research into clinical policy and practice. Methods We conducted an…

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The Impact on Staff of Working with Personality Disordered Offenders: A Systematic Review

The Impact on Staff of Working with Personality Disordered Offenders: A Systematic Review

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Mark C. Freestone , Kim Wilson, Rose Jones, Chris Mikton, Sophia Milsom, Ketan Sonigra, Celia Taylor, Colin Campbell Published: August 25, 2015 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136378 Abstract Background Personality disordered offenders (PDOs) are generally considered difficult to manage and to have a negative impact on staff working with them. Aims This study aimed to provide an overview of studies examining the impact on staff of working with PDOs, identify impact areas associated with working with PDOs, identify gaps…

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Relationship between Personality Disorder Functioning Styles and the Emotional States in Bipolar I and II Disorders

Relationship between Personality Disorder Functioning Styles and the Emotional States in Bipolar I and II Disorders

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Jiashu Yao , You Xu , Yanhua Qin, Jing Liu, Yuedi Shen, Wei Wang , Wei Chen Published: January 27, 2015 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0117353 Abstract Background Bipolar disorder types I (BD I) and II (BD II) behave differently in clinical manifestations, normal personality traits, responses to pharmacotherapies, biochemical backgrounds and neuroimaging activations. How the varied emotional states of BD I and II are related to the comorbid personality disorders remains to be settled. Methods We therefore administered…

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Self-selection biases in psychological studies: Personality and affective disorders are prevalent among participants

Self-selection biases in psychological studies: Personality and affective disorders are prevalent among participants

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Self-selection biases in psychological studies: Personality and affective disorders are prevalent among participants Izabela Kaźmierczak , Anna Zajenkowska , Radosław Rogoza, Peter K. Jonason, Dawid Ścigała Published: March 8, 2023 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281046 Abstract Respondents select the type of psychological studies that they want to participate in consistence with their needs and individual characteristics, which creates an unintentional self-selection bias. The question remains whether participants attracted by psychological studies may have more psychological dysfunctions related to personality…

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