Assessing Self-Definition and Relatedness in Level of Personality Functioning
Abstract
The two polarities model (TPM) of personality organizes psychological assessment and psychotherapy and connects to personality disorder diagnosis using the DSM-5 Alternative Model for Personality Disorders (AMPD). The authors developed scales assessing the TPM from an existing self-report measure for level of personality functioning (LPF), a core component of the AMPD. Iterative content analyses of the LPF measure yielded scales for Autonomy and Communion corresponding to dimensions of the TPM. The scales were refined via internal consistency analyses using a measure of psychological attachment and studied in development and validation samples. Associations with relevant external criteria were explored in a series of multiple regressions. Furthermore, the new content-based LPF scales were illustrated with a case vignette. Although the new Autonomy/Communion scales await further validation prior to clinical use, initial evidence suggests that they may bridge the nomological nets of the TPM and AMPD and potentially offer clinical utility in assessment and treatment planning.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Private Practice, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Rutland Regional Medical Center, Rutland, VT (United States)
- Austen Riggs Center, Stockbridge, MA (United States)
- Center for Compassion Focused Therapy, New York, NY (United States)
- Medical Univ. of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (United States)
- Univ. of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI (United States)
- Long Island Univ., New York, NY (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1808165
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of personality disorders
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 35; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 0885-579X
- Publisher:
- Guilford Press
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; two-polarities model; DSM-5 Alternative Model for Personality Disorders; level of personality functioning; level of personality functioning scale; content analysis
Citation Formats
Mariotti, Emily C., Waugh, Mark H., McClain, Cara M., Beevers, Lorrie G., Clemence, A. Jill, Lewis, Katie C., Miller, Racheli, Mulay, Abby L., Ridenour, Jeremy M., Huprich, Steven K., Pitman, Seth R., and Meehan, Kevin B. Assessing Self-Definition and Relatedness in Level of Personality Functioning. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1521/pedi_2021_35_516.
Mariotti, Emily C., Waugh, Mark H., McClain, Cara M., Beevers, Lorrie G., Clemence, A. Jill, Lewis, Katie C., Miller, Racheli, Mulay, Abby L., Ridenour, Jeremy M., Huprich, Steven K., Pitman, Seth R., & Meehan, Kevin B. Assessing Self-Definition and Relatedness in Level of Personality Functioning. United States. https://doi.org/10.1521/pedi_2021_35_516
Mariotti, Emily C., Waugh, Mark H., McClain, Cara M., Beevers, Lorrie G., Clemence, A. Jill, Lewis, Katie C., Miller, Racheli, Mulay, Abby L., Ridenour, Jeremy M., Huprich, Steven K., Pitman, Seth R., and Meehan, Kevin B. Thu .
"Assessing Self-Definition and Relatedness in Level of Personality Functioning". United States. https://doi.org/10.1521/pedi_2021_35_516. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1808165.
@article{osti_1808165,
title = {Assessing Self-Definition and Relatedness in Level of Personality Functioning},
author = {Mariotti, Emily C. and Waugh, Mark H. and McClain, Cara M. and Beevers, Lorrie G. and Clemence, A. Jill and Lewis, Katie C. and Miller, Racheli and Mulay, Abby L. and Ridenour, Jeremy M. and Huprich, Steven K. and Pitman, Seth R. and Meehan, Kevin B.},
abstractNote = {The two polarities model (TPM) of personality organizes psychological assessment and psychotherapy and connects to personality disorder diagnosis using the DSM-5 Alternative Model for Personality Disorders (AMPD). The authors developed scales assessing the TPM from an existing self-report measure for level of personality functioning (LPF), a core component of the AMPD. Iterative content analyses of the LPF measure yielded scales for Autonomy and Communion corresponding to dimensions of the TPM. The scales were refined via internal consistency analyses using a measure of psychological attachment and studied in development and validation samples. Associations with relevant external criteria were explored in a series of multiple regressions. Furthermore, the new content-based LPF scales were illustrated with a case vignette. Although the new Autonomy/Communion scales await further validation prior to clinical use, initial evidence suggests that they may bridge the nomological nets of the TPM and AMPD and potentially offer clinical utility in assessment and treatment planning.},
doi = {10.1521/pedi_2021_35_516},
journal = {Journal of personality disorders},
number = 6,
volume = 35,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Mar 25 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Thu Mar 25 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}
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