Cluster B Personality Pathology in Incarcerated Girls: Structure, Comorbidity, and Aggression | Zendy

Mandi L. Burnette | Zendy; Susan C. South | Zendy; N. Dickon Reppucci | Zendy

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Cluster B Personality Pathology in Incarcerated Girls: Structure, Comorbidity, and Aggression

Author(s) -

Mandi L. Burnette,

Susan C. South,

N. Dickon Reppucci

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

journal of personality disorders

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.23

H-Index - 93

eISSN - 1943-2763

pISSN - 0885-579X

DOI - 10.1521/pedi.2007.21.3.262

Subject(s) - aggression , psychology , psychopathology , personality pathology , clinical psychology , personality , personality disorders , comorbidity , anxiety , poison control , cluster (spacecraft) , psychiatry , developmental psychology , medicine , social psychology , medical emergency , computer science , programming language

Several studies have linked Cluster B personality pathology to aggression in clinical and community samples. However, the structure of Cluster B traits, and association to aggression and psychopathology, has yet to be investigated among young female offenders. In order to better inform treatments for female aggression, we studied 121 incarcerated girls, aged 13 to 19 years, who completed a series of self-report inventories that measured overt and relational aggression, as well as symptoms of depression and anxiety. Personality was assessed through a structured interview. Factor analysis of Cluster B traits revealed a three factor solution, with each factor demonstrating a unique pattern of association to relational and overt aggression and psychopathology. The implications with regard to treatment of personality pathology and aggression in the juvenile justice setting are discussed.

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