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Interpersonal behavior profiles of eight cases of DSM‐III personality disorder
Author(s) -
Kiesler Donald J.,
Van Denburg Todd F.,
SikesNova Valerie E.,
Larus Janie P.,
Goldston Chesley S.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(199007)46:4<440::aid-jclp2270460412>3.0.co;2-#
Subject(s) - psychology , interpersonal communication , personality , clinical psychology , interpersonal relationship , personality assessment inventory , personality disorders , dsm 5 , psychiatry , social psychology
The present study used ratings of patients' interpersonal behaviors by groups of clinical trainees and undergraduates to test a priori classifications of DSM‐III personality disorders onto the 1982 Interpersonal Circle. A sample of 8 videotaped personality disorder patient interviews were obtained from two psychiatric training tape series. A panel of 10 diagnosticians provided independent checks on the diagnosis assigned to the 8 patients by the training series and also rated the degree of prototypicality each case exhibited. Interpersonal characterizations of the interview behavior of the 8 patients were obtained from ratings of the tapes by undergraduate and clinical trainee observers. Findings revealed that interpersonal inventory ratings significantly differentiated the overt interpersonal behavior of the 8 patients, although the obtained interpersonal profiles appeared more complex and subtle than previous interpersonal translations suggest.