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Aafjes-van Doorn, Katie ORCID: 0000-0003-2584-5897, Kealy, David ORCID: 0000-0002-3679-6085, Ehrenthal, Johannes C. ORCID: 0000-0002-9428-3763, Ogrodniczuk, John S., Joyce, Anthony S. and Weber, Rainer ORCID: 0000-0001-6100-0416 (2022). The Relationship Between Patients' Personality Traits, the Alliance, and Change in Interpersonal Distress in Intensive Group Treatment for Personality Dysfunction. J. Pers. Disord., 36 (6). S. 731 - 749. NEW YORK: GUILFORD PUBLICATIONS INC. ISSN 1943-2763

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Abstract

This study examined patients' personality traits as operationalized by the five-factor model in relation to early alliance and reduction of interpersonal distress through an intensive group treatment program for personality dysfunction. A sample of 79 consecutively admitted psychiatric outpatients with personality dysfunction who attended an 18-week intensive group treatment program completed the NEO Five-Factor Inventory at pretreatment, the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems at pre- and posttreatment, and the Edmonton Therapeutic Alliance Scale, a measure of the therapeutic alliance with the program therapist, at Session 5. Results indicated that patients who were relatively extraverted tended to rate the alliance with their program therapist higher and subsequently reported more improvement of interpersonal distress. The presence of a personality disorder did not moderate this mediation. Patients' extraversion likely promotes a bonding with the therapist and facilitates the interpersonal group work necessary for improvement. Assessing patients' level of extraversion before starting intensive group treatment might indicate which intervention strategies could be useful with that patient within the program frame.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Aafjes-van Doorn, Katie UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-2584-5897 UNSPECIFIED Kealy, David UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-3679-6085 UNSPECIFIED Ehrenthal, Johannes C. UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-9428-3763 UNSPECIFIED Ogrodniczuk, John S. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Joyce, Anthony S. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Weber, Rainer UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-6100-0416 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-682397
DOI:	10.1521/pedi.2022.36.6.731
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Pers. Disord.
Volume:	36
Number:	6
Page Range:	S. 731 - 749
Date:	2022
Publisher:	GUILFORD PUBLICATIONS INC
Place of Publication:	NEW YORK
ISSN:	1943-2763
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Human Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Human Sciences > Department Psychologie
Subjects:	Medical sciences Medicine
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE; 5-FACTOR MODEL; HIERARCHICAL TAXONOMY; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY HITOP; GROUP-PSYCHOTHERAPY; DISORDER; SEVERITY; SYMPTOMS; COHESION; PREDICTORS Multiple languages Psychiatry Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/68239