Authority conflicts and personality disorders.
We investigated personality disorders (PDs) of young men with chronic authority conflicts using the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-I (MCMI-I; Millon, 1983). PDs occurred considerably more often in the young men with chronic authority conflicts (62%) compared with a clinical control group of young men with acute authority conflicts (39%). The prevalence of PDs in a normal control group was considerably lower (11%). The passive-aggressive PD is over-represented among young men with chronic authority conflicts; there is hardly any antisocial PD. Millon's conceptualization of these disorders could have influenced these results. The high prevalence of passive-aggressive PDs complicates a good psychotherapeutic outcome in young men with chronic authority conflicts. Our results underscore the clinical utility of the controversial PAPD diagnosis.
Vereycken
Johan
J
Center of Crisis Psychology, Military Hospital, Brussels.
Vertommen
Hans
H
Corveleyn
Jozef
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001318:Authoritarianism; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000523:psychology*