Julia I Kunz, Anna Frey, Katja Bertsch, Barbara B Barton, Leonie Blei, Hannah M Schirle, Franziska Konvalin, Andrea Jobst, Richard Musil, Frank Padberg, Matthias A Reinhard
Personality disorders (PDs) are associated with interpersonal dysfunction, loneliness, and reduced social embeddedness. This study investigates loneliness and social network size in association with self- and clinician-rated personality functioning regarding the DSM-5's Alternative Model for Personality Disorders (AMPD). Eighty psychiatric inpatients including participants with and without PDs completed the Semi-structured Interview for Personality Functioning, the Level of Personality Functioning Scale - Brief Form, the UCLA Loneliness Scale, and the Social Network Index...
November 2023: Journal of Personality Disorders