Analysis of Moods in Personality Disorders
- 1 October 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 27 (2) , 187-190
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1970.27.2.187
Abstract
95 psychiatric inpatients with the diagnosis of personality disorder and a history of acting-out behavior were rated by 3 observers on 52 mood items. A factor analysis resulted in 10 factors, 8 of which were interpreted as Friendliness—Hostility, Guilt, Activity, Fatigue, Efficiency, Depression, Confusion, Tension-anxiety. When these observer ratings were compared with self-ratings most differences appeared on the first factor, which suggests the presence of a social desirability response set. Contrary to popular conceptions of personality disorders a population with this diagnosis was rated high on Friendliness and relatively low on Hostility. However, absence of Guilt was confirmed.Keywords
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