Citation

Fossati A, Krueger RF, Markon KE, Borroni S, Maffei C, Somma A. J. Nerv. Ment. Dis. 2015; 203(4): 252-258.

Affiliation

*Department of Human Studies, Libera Università Maria Ss. Assunta University, Piazza delle Vaschette, Rome; †Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy Unit, San Raffaele Hospital, Stamira d'Ancona, Milan, Italy; ‡Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; §Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and ∥Faculty of Psychology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/NMD.0000000000000274

PMID

25756706

Abstract

To assess how the maladaptive personality domains and facets that were included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) Alternative Model of Personality Disorders relate to adult attachment styles, 480 Italian nonclinical adults were administered the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5) and the Attachment Style Questionnaire (ASQ). To evaluate the uniqueness of the associations between the PID-5 scales and the ASQ scales, the participants were also administered the Big Five Inventory (BFI). Multiple regression analyses showed that the ASQ scales significantly predicted both PID-5 domain scales and BFI scales; however, the relationships were different both qualitatively and quantitatively. With the exception of the PID-5 risk taking scale (adjusted R = 0.02), all other PID-5 trait scales were significantly predicted by the ASQ scales, median adjusted R value = 0.25, all ps < 0.001. Our findings suggest that the maladaptive personality domains and traits listed in the DSM-5 Alternative Model of Personality Disorders show meaningful associations with adult attachment styles.

Language: en