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Dynamics among borderline personality and anxiety features in psychotherapy outpatients: An exploration of nomothetic and idiographic patterns.

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: = 15), rated their anger, identity disturbance, impulsivity, anxiety, stress, and calmness states 6 times per day for 21 days, providing a total of 4,699 surveys. Only 1 dynamic link between symptoms was identified that applied at the group level, and group iterative multiple model estimation did not reveal stable subgroups of individuals with distinct symptom dynamics. Instead, these dynamics differed from individual to individual. These results suggest that connections among these BPD and anxiety symptoms do not depend on diagnosis and are somewhat idiographic. Case examples are used to illustrate the clinical utility of within-person symptom models as a supplement to traditional diagnostic information. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

Source: Personality Disorders Theory Research and Treatment

DOI: 10.1037/per0000363

Authors: William D. Ellison, Kenneth N. Levy, Michelle G. Newman, Aaron L. Pincus, Stephen J. Wilson, Peter C. M. Molenaar

Language: English

Topic: Personality Disorders and Psychopathology

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: American Psychoanalytic Association, Pennsylvania State University, International Psychoanalytical Association, National Institute of Mental Health

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