Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan.
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.
J Pers Disord. 2020 Aug;34(4):480-498. doi: 10.1521/pedi_2019_33_414. Epub 2019 Aug 12.
The current study evaluated associations among externalizing psychopathology, personality, and relationship quality in a sample of 794 couples. Personality and psychopathology were assessed using dimensional measures, and relationship attributes were assessed with both self-report and observer reports of videotaped interactions. Results were consistent with prior work (i.e., Humbad, Donnellan, Iacono, & Burt, 2010) such that greater externalizing psychopathology remained a significant predictor of lower relationship adjustment, while controlling for personality traits. Importantly, dimensional measures of externalizing psychopathology showed stronger associations with relationship adjustment when compared to symptom count measures used in Humbad et al. (2010). These results highlight the importance of replication and extension studies, the usefulness of dimensional measures of psychopathology, and the value of multiple methods of assessment to increase confidence in the robustness of associations between pathological attributes of personality and features of romantic relationships.
当前研究评估了 794 对伴侣样本中外显精神病理学、人格和关系质量之间的关联。人格和精神病理学采用维度测量进行评估，关系属性则通过自我报告和对录像互动的观察者报告进行评估。结果与之前的研究一致（例如 Humbad、Donnellan、Iacono 和 Burt，2010），即控制人格特质后，更严重的外显精神病理学仍然是关系调整较低的显著预测因素。重要的是，与 Humbad 等人使用的症状计数测量相比，外显精神病理学的维度测量与关系调整的关联更强。这些结果突出了复制和扩展研究的重要性、精神病理学维度测量的有用性以及多种评估方法的价值，以提高对人格病理属性与浪漫关系特征之间关联的稳健性的信心。
