Performance on the Personality Research Form under Desirable and Undesirable Instructions: Personality Disorders

1968 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 507-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helmut Hoffmann
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Faking Good ◽  
Personality Research ◽  
Male Patients

The Personality Research Form (PRF) was administered to 21 male patients with a diagnosis of personality disorders. Each S was administered the PRF under three different instructional sets: standard instructions (SI), instructions to respond desirably (DI), and instructions to respond undesirably (UI). In general, means for the standard instructions were quite similar to those obtained under the instructions to respond desirably. Under instructions to respond desirably, only nurturance proved to be significantly higher and impulsivity significantly lower than under the standard instructions. However, under instructions to respond undesirably, 13 of the 15 PRF scales showed significant differences when compared with standard instructions. For the particular population sampled, it would appear that the PRF is relatively free from susceptibility to “faking good” but is susceptible to negative malingering.

Functional Brain Imaging in Personality Research and Personality Disorders

2004 ◽  
pp. 457-474
Author(s):  
Kurt Audenaert ◽  
Ingeborg Goethals ◽  
Kathelijne Peremans ◽  
Andreas Otte ◽  
F. Van Den Eynde ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Brain Imaging ◽  
Functional Brain Imaging ◽  
Functional Brain ◽  
Personality Research

scholarly journals Features of psychological status in acute myocardial infarction in women and men

2020 ◽  
pp. 54-62
Author(s):  
Tatiana O. Nikolaeva ◽  
Viktor V. Anikin ◽  
Olga A. Izvarina ◽  
Anna A. Sedova
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Acute Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Psychological Status ◽  
Noticeable Increase ◽  
Personality Research ◽  
Male Patients ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The City

Changes in psychological status undoubtedly have a great impact on the development and course of myocardial infarction (MI). Objective - to study changes in the psychological status in women with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in comparison with male patients and the reflection of these changes on the quality of life. Materials and methods. A single-stage observational study was performed in the city hospitals of Tver. 120 women with AMI aged 36-74 years and 50 men with AMI aged 37-72 were examined. The main group (women with AMI) was divided into two subgroups: the first - patients under 60 years of age, the second - 60 years and older. The study of psychological characteristics of the individual was carried out using the abbreviated multifactor questionnaire for personality research (the so called “Mini-Mult” or “SMOL”), the personality questionnaire of the Bekhterev Institute (the so called “LOBI”), and the methodology for assessing the quality of life of a patient (QOL) according to V.P. Zaitsev. Results. In women aged 60 years and older, an increase in the profile of pitches on all scales was detected. The most noticeable increase in indicators was observed on the scales of the neurotic triad (1st, 2nd, and 3rd) and the 6th Mini-Mult scale. Analysis of the LOBI test revealed that the level of anxiety, hypochondriac, sensitive, neurasthenic, dysphoric and melancholic types of attitude to the disease prevailed in women, with the greatest severity of changes in the group of women under 60 years of age. In the block of interpsychic orientation, the most significant increase was in the sensitive type of attitude to the disease, which prevailed in both groups of women compared to men. The total indicator of "quality of life" was reduced in all the examined groups, and this decrease was most pronounced in older women. Conclusion. Women with AMI have more pronounced changes in their personal and emotional status than men. This is manifested in an increase in hypochondriac, depressive, emotionally labile symptoms; anxiety, hypochondriac, neurasthenic types of response to the disease and a decrease in the "quality of life".

Tools & Resources: Impairment and Disability Web Sites

1999 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 5-6
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Outpatient Psychotherapy ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Not Otherwise Specified ◽  
Cluster B Personality Disorders ◽  
Clinically Significant ◽  
And Behavior

Abstract Personality disorders are enduring patterns of inner experience and behavior that deviate markedly from those expected by the individual's culture; these inflexible and pervasive patterns reflect issues with cognition, affectivity, interpersonal functioning and impulse control, and lead to clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. The AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, Fourth Edition, defines two specific personality disorders, in addition to an eleventh condition, Personality Disorder Not Otherwise Specified. Cluster A personality disorders include paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypal personalities; of these, Paranoid Personality Disorder probably is most common in the legal arena. Cluster B personality disorders include antisocial, borderline, histrionic, and narcissistic personality. Such people may suffer from frantic efforts to avoid perceived abandonment, patterns of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships, an identity disturbance, and impulsivity. Legal issues that involve individuals with cluster B personality disorders often involve determination of causation of the person's problems, assessment of claims of harassment, and assessment of the person's fitness for employment. Cluster C personality disorders include avoidant, dependent, and obsessive-compulsive personality. Two case histories illustrate some of the complexities of assessing impairment in workers with personality disorders, including drug abuse, hospitalizations, and inpatient and outpatient psychotherapy.

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