Examining the Structure of Personality Dysfunction Among Individuals Involved in Mental Health Care: A Registered Report

Resumen

Personality dysfunction is a core element of the diagnosis of personality disorders in both main diagnostic systems (DSM-5 Personality Disorders, ICD-11 Personality Disorders). A recent study by Sleep et al. (2024) explored the structure of personality dysfunction (N = 517 undergraduates) with exploratory bass-ackward factor analyses at the item level using items from six measures of personality functioning. The present study represents a replication of the study by Sleep and colleagues in a community sample of individuals currently in or seeking psychological/psychiatric treatment. Participants were recruited from Prolific who completed items from six measures of personality dysfunction (N = 457). The primary factor analysis identified three lower-order factors of impairment (Negative Self-Regard, Disagreeableness, and Intimacy Problems). These dysfunction factors showed moderate to strong relations to the factors generated by Sleep et al. (2024), however, there were important differences in the overall structure suggesting a lack of formal replication.

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Ghosh, A., Phillips, N. L., Sleep, C., Lynam, D., & Miller, J. (2024). Examining the Structure of Personality Dysfunction Among Individuals Involved in Mental Health Care: A Registered Report. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/f58ym