Interpersonal behavior profiles of eight cases of DSM-III personality disorder.
The present study used ratings of patients' interpersonal behaviors by groups of clinical trainees and undergraduates to test a priori classifications of DSM-III personality disorders onto the 1982 Interpersonal Circle. A sample of 8 videotaped personality disorder patient interviews were obtained from two psychiatric training tape series. A panel of 10 diagnosticians provided independent checks on the diagnosis assigned to the 8 patients by the training series and also rated the degree of prototypicality each case exhibited. Interpersonal characterizations of the interview behavior of the 8 patients were obtained from ratings of the tapes by undergraduate and clinical trainee observers. Findings revealed that interpersonal inventory ratings significantly differentiated the overt interpersonal behavior of the 8 patients, although the obtained interpersonal profiles appeared more complex and subtle than previous interpersonal translations suggest.
Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Psychology, Richmond 23284.
D J
DJ
Kiesler
T F
TF
Van Denburg
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VE
Sikes-Nova
J P
JP
Larus
C S
CS
Goldston
D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics; D011599:Psychopathology; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012917:Social Adjustment