title: Avoidant personality disorder: current status and future directions.
abstract: Avoidant Personality Disorder (APD) is the topic of a growing body of research literature. In this article, we review empirical studies of APD with the goals of identifying the themes that underlie this work and pointing to new directions for future research. In particular, we recommend that future studies evaluate several unique factors postulated by personality theorists to be central to this condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 Canada. lalden@cortex.psych.ubc.ca
authors.forename: Lynn E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Alden
authors.forename: Judith M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Laposa
authors.forename: Charles T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Andrew G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Ryder
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D010551:Personality; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology