The Interpersonal Core of Personality Pathology

Hopwood, Christopher J.; Wright, Aidan G.C.; Ansell, Emily B.; Pincus, Aaron L.

doi:10.1521/pedi.2013.27.3.270

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“…In addition to describing the characteristics of interpersonal behavior in healthy participants, interpersonal theorists have emphasized the interpersonal nature of many psychological disorders [e.g., 3,4,13,35,36,38,39,43,55,56,70,91,95,106]. Such disorders have, for example, been characterized with the notion of the overall rigidness of interpersonal behavior [17,18,44].…”

Section: Interpersonal Theorymentioning

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On the Asperger experience of interaction: Interpersonal dynamics in dyadic conversations

Stevanovic¹,

Henttonen²,

Koski³

et al. 2017

J Autism

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We compared the patterns of affiliative and dominant behavior displayed in male dyads where one participant has Asperger's syndrome (AS) with those displayed in male dyads with two neurotypical (NT) participants. Drawing on interpersonal theory, according to which affiliation and dominance constitute two orthogonal axes of the "interpersonal circle," we used a computer-joystick apparatus to assess the participants' moment-to-moment affiliative and dominant behaviors throughout conversation. The patterns of affiliation and dominance were subsequently studied in relation to post-conversation questionnaires that targeted the interactional experiences of the participants in the two different types of dyads (AS dyads, NT dyads). We found the overall interpersonal notion of complementarity to hold for AS and NT dyads alike: greater affiliation in one participant invoked greater affiliation in the co-participant, and greater dominance invoked greater submissiveness in the co-participant. The AS and NT dyads, however, differed with regard to how affiliative and dominant behaviors related to each other during the time course of a single conversation. Furthermore, we found important differences between the AS and NT dyads in how the different patterns of affiliation and dominance were experienced by the participants. For example, a high level of affiliation synchrony was experienced in more negative terms by the participants in the AS dyads than by those in the NT dyads, while a high level of dominance coordination was experienced in more positive terms by the participants in the AS dyads than by those in the NT dyads. The paper increases understanding of the details of the interactional deficits associated with AS and of the conditions in which AS participants may get maximally positive interactional experiences. More generally, our study highlights the necessity to take the study of individual differences in the experiences of patterns of affiliation and dominance into the official agenda of empirical interaction research.

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Section: Interpersonal Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

On the Asperger experience of interaction: Interpersonal dynamics in dyadic conversations

Stevanovic¹,

Henttonen²,

Koski³

et al. 2017

J Autism

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“…This distress might lead narcissistic individuals to feel vulnerable and trigger a further need to self-enhance, thereby exhibiting additional behaviors that irritate others (McLemore & Brokaw, 1987). Knowledge of such self-defeating interpersonal patterns and their relation to personality pathology may assist clinicians in working with PD patients (Bernier & Dozier, 2002, Hopwood et al, 2013Tracey, 1993).…”

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“…Interpersonal dysfunction is a defining aspect of personality pathology (e.g., Clifton, Pilkonis, & McCarty, 2007;Hopwood, Wright, Ansell, & Pincus, 2013;Pincus & Wiggins, 1990;Wilson & Durbin, 2012), and it is established that individuals with personality pathology tend to generate negative reactions in others. For instance, clinicians have more negative reactions to patients with personality disorders (PDs) relative to other diagnoses (Purves & Sands, 2009).…”

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The Aversive Interpersonal Behaviors Associated With Pathological Personality Traits

Williams

Thomas

Donnellan

et al. 2014

Journal of Personality Disorders

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Although interpersonal dysfunction is a defining feature of personality disorders (PDs), relatively little is known about how features of PD are perceived by others. In the current study, students (n = 225) reported on the traits and aversive interpersonal behaviors of individuals with pathological personality features. Aversive behaviors were measured using the Interpersonal Sensitivity Circumplex, and pathological personality features were assessed using the DSM-5 Section 3 traits. The structural summary method for circumplex data was used to evaluate how pathological traits related to both general and specific aversive behaviors. Most traits associated with PDs were related to general aversive behaviors. Specific associations suggested that young adults are most irritated when individuals with personality pathology try to form or sustain attachments, as opposed to control, withdraw, or submit to them. These results are consistent with the assumption that personality pathology is broadly characterized by aversive behaviors and imply that individuals are most bothered by maladaptive attempts by others to become or stay connected.

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“…Studies that assessed pre and post outcomes for individuals with a PD via the following measures were also eligible. Primary outcomes: Measures that focused on interpersonal situations (actual or mentally represented) involving a self and other (Hopwood et al, 2013) Interpersonal relating and offending outcomes were specifically chosen due to a prioritised aim of TC treatment focusing on interpersonal change via provision of a corrective emotional experience. This aim is reflected in Haigh (2013)'s quintessence principles.…”

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Outcomes of therapeutic community treatment for personality disorder

Capone

Schröder

Clarke

et al. 2016

Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities

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Purpose -The paper reviewed quantitative research since 1999 evaluating the effectiveness of democratic therapeutic community (DTC) treatment for individuals with personality disorders (PD) with reference to interpersonal and offending risk outcomes.Design/methodology/approach -A systematic search resulted in the review of ten studies. All of the studies investigated DTCs treating PD in community, inpatient residential and forensic settings. Only peer-reviewed, English-language articles employing a quantitative design were included. Findings -The majority of studies were conducted poorly and of low methodological quality, with limitations located in the representativeness of participants, limited use of control and comparison groups, follow up periods and controls for confounders. Heterogeneity remained in use of measures and limited consideration was given to the validity of interpersonal measures used. While improved interpersonal outcomes post DTC treatment were noted in forensic and residential settings, results were mixed in day and mini TC settings. Inconsistent findings in offending risk outcomes were also indicated. A study with increased methodological rigour indicated residential treatment had limited effects on interpersonal outcomes, when compared to combination treatment (residential TC and step-down treatment).Originality/value -The study provided an evaluation of the limitations of DTC research across a range of settings and highlighted a combination of residential TC and step-down treatment may achieve superior outcomes to residential TC treatment alone in a community inpatient population. Recommendations are made for future research to contribute to the treatment of PD.

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The Interpersonal Core of Personality Pathology

Cited by 234 publications

References 74 publications

On the Asperger experience of interaction: Interpersonal dynamics in dyadic conversations

On the Asperger experience of interaction: Interpersonal dynamics in dyadic conversations

The Aversive Interpersonal Behaviors Associated With Pathological Personality Traits

Outcomes of therapeutic community treatment for personality disorder

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