Barbot Baptiste, Hunter Scott R, Grigorenko Elena L, Luthar Suniya S
Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
J Psychopathol Behav Assess. 2013 Jun 1;35(2):173-185. doi: 10.1007/s10862-012-9331-4.
This study explores longitudinally a four-factor structure of pathological personality trait dimensions (PPTDs) to examine both its structural stability and intra-individual changes among PPTDs over time. Personality Disorder (PD) scales of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III were administered to 361 low-income women with various psychiatric conditions (drug dependence, depression), who were followed in a two-wave study over 5-years. Cross-sectional and longitudinal factor analyses outlined a robust factorial structure of PPTDs, extrinsically invariant over time, representing Negative Emotionality, Introversion, Antagonism and Impulsivity. Despite moderate rank-order stability in the PPTDs, results also indicated substantial intra-individual variability in the degree and direction of change, consistent with trajectories of change in participants' clinical diagnoses. Results are discussed in light of current debates on the structure and dynamic of pathological personality.
本研究纵向探索了病理性人格特质维度（PPTDs）的四因素结构，以检验其结构稳定性以及PPTDs随时间的个体内部变化。对361名患有各种精神疾病（药物依赖、抑郁症）的低收入女性施测了米隆临床多轴问卷第三版（Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III）的人格障碍（PD）量表，这些女性在一项为期5年的两阶段研究中接受随访。横断面和纵向因素分析勾勒出了PPTDs的稳健因素结构，该结构在时间上具有外在不变性，代表消极情绪性、内向性、敌对性和冲动性。尽管PPTDs具有适度的等级顺序稳定性，但结果也表明个体内部在变化程度和方向上存在显著差异，这与参与者临床诊断的变化轨迹一致。结合当前关于病理性人格结构和动态的争论对结果进行了讨论。
