Department of Psychology, Northwestern University.
Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University.
Personal Disord. 2018 May;9(3):228-238. doi: 10.1037/per0000231. Epub 2017 Jan 16.
Relational aggression (RAgg) is a form of behavior intended to damage the victim's social status or interpersonal relationships through the use of purposeful interpersonal manipulation or social exclusion (Archer & Coyne, 2005). RAgg is impairing, stable, and largely defined by dysfunctional patterns of interpersonal interactions-all of which invokes comparisons to personality and, more specifically, personality pathology. Leveraging research using the Five Factor Model (FFM) in personality disorder (PD) work, the present study aims to understand the personality context of RAgg by applying this FFM profile approach in 2 ways: (a) by compiling a personality profile of RAgg based on a thorough review of the relevant literature and (b) by compiling a personality profile of RAgg based on expert ratings (N = 19). We then compared these profiles to each other and to existing personality profiles of Cluster B PDs to examine how RAgg fits into the personality space represented by Cluster B PDs. These analyses indicate that both FFM profiles of RAgg show substantial overlap with the FFM profile of narcissistic PD. The present study has important implications for bridging disjointed domains of research on personality pathology and RAgg and underscores the relevance of RAgg for early emergence of PD characteristics. (PsycINFO Database Record
关系攻击（RAgg）是一种旨在通过有意的人际操纵或社会排斥来损害受害者的社会地位或人际关系的行为形式（Archer 和 Coyne，2005）。RAgg 具有损伤性、稳定性，并在很大程度上由功能失调的人际互动模式定义——所有这些都让人联想到人格，更具体地说，是人格病理学。利用人格障碍（PD）工作中使用五因素模型（FFM）的研究，本研究旨在通过以下两种方式了解 RAgg 的人格背景：（a）通过彻底审查相关文献，为 RAgg 编制人格档案；（b）通过专家评分，为 RAgg 编制人格档案（N=19）。然后，我们将这些档案相互比较，并与 B 群 PD 的现有人格档案进行比较，以检查 RAgg 如何适应 B 群 PD 所代表的人格空间。这些分析表明，RAgg 的两个 FFM 档案都与自恋型 PD 的 FFM 档案有很大的重叠。本研究对于弥合人格病理学和 RAgg 研究中不相关的领域具有重要意义，并强调了 RAgg 对于 PD 特征的早期出现的相关性。
