Chapter 12 Part 2: Cluster Personality Disorders Continued Flashcards
clinical description of histrionic PD
they tend to be overly dramatic, expressing their emotions in an exaggerated fashion. Hugging someone they have just met or crying uncontrollably during a sad movie.
tend to be vain and self centered. Tend to be seductive.
They are constantly seeking reassurance and approval constantly, and get angry when someone does not praise them.
they also tend to be impulsive (like any other cluster B personality), and they have difficulty with delayed cratification
what other personality disorder co occurs with histrionic PD?
there is an association between histrionic personality and antisocial personality disorder
people suggest that histrionic persoanlity and antisocial personality may be sex-typed alternative expressions of the same unidentified underlying condition.
what is narcissistic PD?
People with narcissistic personality disorder think highly of themselves—beyond their real abilities. THEY LACK EMATHY
They consider themselves somehow different from others and deserving of special treatment.
•Unreasonable sense of self-importance, grandiosity, no compassion for others, envious, arrogant, belief of unlimited success
Possible causes and treatments of narcissistic PD
- unknown causes, maybe a failure of emptahtic mirroring taught in early childhood, resulting in the person fixating at the self-centered stage of development.
treatment:
- socialization processes that involves teaching empathy and altruism.
which generation has produced the most narcisstic PD
the “me generation” –> boomers born betwen 1946 and 1964
T/DF narcissism and psychopathy are similar constructs
false, they do not share many features according to the 5 factor model of personality.
narcissism and psychopathy are overlapping but distinct constructs
treatment for narcisissm
cognitive therapy to replace their self centered fantasies with a focus on day to day pleasurable experiences
coping strategies such as relaxation training to help them face and accept criticism.
avoidant personality disorder is part of cluster
C
avoidant PD characteristic/ clinical description
- extremely sensitive to the opinions of others
- they desire social relatinoships but are so anxious that they often avoid social situations
- low self-esteem coupled with the fear of rejection.
- very dependent on those they feel comfortable with
causes of avoidant PD
- may be born with a difficuly temperament resulting in parental criticism
- they thus have low self-esteem and may experience social alienation
- people with avoidant PD remember their parents are more rejecting, ore guilt engendering and less affectionate.
- they are more likely to report childhood experiences of neglect, isolation, rejection and conflict with others.
worthy to note that people with avoidant PD are mores sensitive to the way they are treated, and these memories of them growing up may be exaggerated.
people suggest that avoidant PD is part of the __ ___ spectrum
social anxiety spectrum.
research links ___ ___ quite specifically to this social anxiety disorder spectrum, including avoidant personality disorder
research links behavioural inhibition : a hertiable temperamental factor involving an avoidant response to unfamiliar situations
- pts in the cluster C personality disorders group showed scores on these measures that suggested an overactive behavioural inhibition system.
treatments for avoidant PD
1) social skills training: helps people become more assertive with others
2) systematic desensitization: relaxing in the presence of feared situations
3) behavioural rehearsal: patients act out situations that cause anxiety.
- improvements are modest.
people with ____ PD, a cluster C disorder, rely on others to make ordinary decisions and important onces, which results in an unreasonable fear of abandonment
Dependent personality disorder.
difference between avoidant PD and dependent PD
people with dependent disorders are similar to those with avoidant PDs in their feelings of inadequacy, submissiveness, timidity, and passivity and sensitivity to criticism, however, people with avoidant PDs respond to these feelings by AVOIDING RELATIONSHIPS, where as those with dependent personality disorders respond by CLINGING TO THE RELAITONSHIPS.
