Psicometrica.it-Ars Psico Clinical Center, Caserta.
Department of Psychology, Center of Cognitive Science, University of Turin, Turin.
J Nerv Ment Dis. 2021 May 1;209(5):353-361. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000001304.
The impaired ability to reflect on one's own state of mind and that of others (called metacognition or mentalization) is a central feature of personality disorders (PDs). Metacognition involves different specific abilities, which can be selectively impaired with different PDs and personality maladaptive traits. Moreover, research in the field of PDs has indicated that personality features and metacognitive abilities are associated with the severity of personality pathologies. In this study, we tested a mediation model of the interactions between these variables on predicting levels of personality functioning in a sample of adults taken from the general population (N = 775). Results showed that the relationship between personality traits and personality functioning is partially mediated by metacognitive abilities. These findings support the hypothesis that metacognition plays a significant role in predicting the levels of impairment in personality functioning. These findings have several clinical implications.
个体对自身及他人心理状态的反省能力受损（称为元认知或心理化）是人格障碍（PD）的一个核心特征。元认知涉及不同的特定能力，这些能力在不同的 PD 和人格适应不良特征中可能会被选择性地损害。此外，PD 领域的研究表明，人格特征和元认知能力与人格病理学的严重程度有关。在这项研究中，我们在一个来自普通人群的成年人群体样本（N=775）中测试了这些变量之间相互作用的中介模型，以预测人格功能的水平。结果表明，人格特质和人格功能之间的关系部分通过元认知能力来中介。这些发现支持了元认知在预测人格功能障碍程度方面起着重要作用的假设。这些发现具有若干临床意义。
