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Personality Heterogeneity In Ptsd: Distinct Temperamental And Interpersonal Typologies, Katherine M. Thomas, Christopher J. Hopwood, M. Brent Donnellan, Aidan G. C. Wright, Charles A. Sanislow, Meghan E. Mcdevitt-Murphy, Emily B. Ansell, Carlos M. Grilo, Thomas H. Mcglashan, M. Tracie Shea, John C. Markowitz, Andrew E. Skodol, Mary C. Zanarini, Leslie C. Morey
Personality Heterogeneity In Ptsd: Distinct Temperamental And Interpersonal Typologies, Katherine M. Thomas, Christopher J. Hopwood, M. Brent Donnellan, Aidan G. C. Wright, Charles A. Sanislow, Meghan E. Mcdevitt-Murphy, Emily B. Ansell, Carlos M. Grilo, Thomas H. Mcglashan, M. Tracie Shea, John C. Markowitz, Andrew E. Skodol, Mary C. Zanarini, Leslie C. Morey
Charles A. Sanislow, Ph.D.
Researchers examining personality typologies of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have consistently identified 3 groups: low pathology, internalizing, and externalizing. These groups have been found to predict functional severity and psychiatric comorbidity. In this study, we employed Latent Profile Analysis to compare this previously established typology, grounded in temperament traits (negative emotionality; positive emotionality; constraint), to a novel typology rooted in interpersonal traits (dominance; warmth) in a sample of individuals with PTSD (n = 155). Using Schedule for Nonadaptive and Adaptive Personality (SNAP) traits to create latent profiles, the 3-group temperament model was replicated. Using Interpersonal Circumplex (IPC) traits to create …