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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title Wymiary temperamentu i przywiązania jako predyktory nieprawidłowości funkcjonowania osobowości według DSM-5
Other Titles Temperament and attachment dimensions as predictors for impairments of personality functioning according to DSM-5
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Małgorzata Machowicz
  • Jan Cieciuch
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published electronically before print/final form (Epub ahead of print)
Language
Journal Title Psychiatria Polska
Publisher Polskie Towarzystwo Psychiatryczne
Geographical Reach international
ISSN 0033-2674
Number 328
Page Range Epub ahead of print
Date 2023
Abstract Text Aim. The study aimed to assess the role of temperament and attachment dimensions for personality pathology defined as impairments in self– and interpersonal functioning according to Criterion A of Section III of the DSM-5. Method. The study was conducted in Poland with a group of 391 participants. The following measurement instruments were used: The Level of Personality Functioning Scale – Brief Form 2.0 (LPFS-BF 2.0), the Temperament Metadimensions Questionnaire (TMQ), the Attachment Style Questionnaire (ASQ), and the Experiences in Close Relationships – Revised (ECR-R). Results. The joint estimation of temperament and attachment role in explaining impairments of personality functioning led to the following conclusions: (1) temperament explained impairments of self-functioning to a greater extent than impairments of interpersonal functioning; (2) temperamental “Reactivity” was more of a predictor of personality pathology than “Activity”; (3) adding attachment increased the magnitude of the explained variance of personality pathology; (4) attachment “Avoidance” explained impairments in interpersonal functioning to a greater extent, while attachment “Anxiety” explained impairments in selffunctioning to a greater extent. Conclusions. The impairments in personality functioning included in DSM-5 Criterion A are largely explained by two sets of variables: the more enduring and innate temperament and the attachment acquired through early interactions. Such a distinction is important from a clinical perspective, in which effective interactions can target those properties that can be modified and take into account those that are difficult or impossible to modify.
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Digital Object Identifier 10.12740/pp/onlinefirst/168747
Other Identification Number merlin-id:24289
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Keywords Psychiatry and Mental health, General Medicine