Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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892350 | Personality and Individual Differences | 2009 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Associations of both reactive and regulative temperamental features with personality disorders (PDs) are investigated in a sample of 162 normal controls and 89 psychiatric inpatients. Reactive and regulative temperamental features were assessed by means of the BIS/BAS Scales and the Attentional Control Scale. Dimensional PD scores were obtained by using the ADP-IV. All PDs were characterized by low levels of effortful control, cluster C PDs by high BIS and cluster B PDs by high BAS. For several PDs, BIS and effortful control interacted: BIS was only related to severe PD pathology if effortful control was low. Clinical implications of these findings are discussed.
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Authors
Laurence Claes, Stefaan Vertommen, Dirk Smits, Patricia Bijttebier,