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Review and verification of the psychometric properties of the mood instability dimension of the dimensional clinical personality inventory

Acta colomb. psicol; 18 (2), 2015
The present study aimed to review the Mood Instability dimension of the Dimensional Clinical Personality Inventory (DCPI) and to examine its psychometric properties. To this end, new items were developed that were applied to 230 subjects, aged between 18 and 63 years (M = 23.0, SD = 9.44), with a majorit...

Elucidación epistémica e histórica del trastorno de la personalidad límite o borderline

Rev. colomb. psiquiatr; 44 (3), 2015
Introducción: Se exponen las particularidades de los que se han considerado "casos difíciles" en el campo de la clínica y su relación con los trastornos de la personalidad y su modelo conceptual y diagnóstico por excelencia: la personalidad límite o borderline. El objetivo es reconstituir epistemol...

Relationship Between Cognitive Processes and Academic Performance in High School Students

Psychol. av. discip; 9 (2), 2015
The purpose of this investigation was to determine the relationship between the cognitive processes and the academic performance by a non-experimental correlational study with a cross-sectional design. Participants were 60 students between 14 and 17 years old, who were randomly selected from high school ...

A clínica da dor crônica como ninho de pacientes difíceis: o papel da identificação projetiva

Acta fisiátrica; 22 (1), 2015
Pacientes difíceis - ou de personalidade difícil - são frequentemente encontrados na clínica da dor crônica não-oncológica, impondo à relação médico-paciente sobrecargas que vão além das complexidades da doença e do tratamento. Esta revisão/relato de experiência discute o papel que o proc...

Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Temperament & Personality Questionnaire into Brazilian portuguese

Introduction: The Temperament & Personality Questionnaire (T&P) is a self-report instrument designed to evaluate personality styles overrepresented in patients with depression. This report briefly describes the translation and adaptation of the T&P into Brazilian Portuguese. Methods: The procedures, whic...

Fracasso crônico no tratamento da dor crônica? A influência silenciosa da personalidade e seus transtornos

Acta fisiátrica; 21 (2), 2014
Transtornos psiquiátricos são comuns entre pacientes com dor crônica não oncológica. Em uma amostra de pacientes que foram encaminhados para avaliação psiquiátrica, transtornos de personalidade foram encontrados mais frequentemente que qualquer outro diagnóstico psiquiátrico, incluindo-se depre...

Psychological and health comorbidities before and after bariatric surgery: a longitudinal study

Introduction: Morbid obesity has multiple implications for psychological and physical health. Bariatric surgery has been selected as the treatment of choice for this chronic disease, despite the controversial impact of the surgery on psychosocial health. The objective of this study was to describe candid...

Relación entre ansiedad y estilos de personalidad en estudiantes de Psicología

Psychol. av. discip; 7 (2), 2013
Resumen El presente estudio no experimental de tipo correlacional se realizó con el objetivo de establecer y analizar la relación entre ansiedad y estilos de personalidad en estudiantes de Psicología de una universidad colombiana, mediante la aplicación del Inventario de Ansiedad Rasgo-Estado (IDARE)...

Shakatani: the phenomenology of personality disorder in Jamaican patients

West Indian med. j; 62 (5), 2013
OBJECTIVE: To examine the distribution and clinically significant patterns of the phenomenology of a cohort of Jamaican patients with a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) Axis II diagnosis of personality disorder and to clarify the conventional diagnostic deficiencies of DSMbased...