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Interpersonal Perception and Pathological Personality Features: Consistency Across Peer Groups
Author(s) -
South Susan C.,
Oltmanns Thomas F.,
Turkheimer Eric
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of personality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.082
H-Index - 144
eISSN - 1467-6494
pISSN - 0022-3506
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2005.00325.x
Subject(s) - psychology , personality , interpersonal communication , interpersonal perception , social psychology , consistency (knowledge bases) , perception , personality disorders , interpersonal relationship , big five personality traits , peer group , clinical psychology , social perception , geometry , mathematics , neuroscience
This study investigated the consistency of interpersonal perceptions regarding people who exhibit features of personality disorders. The participants ( N =82) were college students who were assessed for features of personality disorders, using both self‐report and peer nominations at Time 1. Two years later, participants attended four meetings in groups of 7 to 12 people for a total of 2 hours. Group discussions were designed to encourage interaction and give participants an opportunity to behave in ways that might be expected from people with personality problems. After Meetings 1 and 4, group members ranked their impressions of each other with regard to several personality traits and behavioral attributes. We observed important consistencies between the peer nominations collected at Time 1 and personality rankings made by a different peer group at Time 2. There was considerable convergence between personality disorder features and negative evaluations by others, with participants high in detachment eliciting the most negative reactions from peers in the lab.