@article{ref1,
title="Personality subtypes of suicidal adults",
journal="Journal of nervous and mental disease",
year="2009",
author="Ortigo, Kile M. and Westen, Drew and Bradley, Bekh",
volume="197",
number="9",
pages="687-694",
abstract="Research into personality factors related to suicidality suggests substantial variability among suicide attempters. A potentially useful approach that accounts for this complexity is personality subtyping. As part of a large sample looking at personality pathology, this study used Q-factor analysis to identify subtypes of 311 adult suicide attempters using Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure-II personality profiles. Identified subtypes included internalizing, emotionally dysregulated, dependent, hostile-isolated, psychopathic, and anxious somatizing. Subtypes differed in hypothesized ways on criterion variables that address their construct validity, including adaptive functioning, Axis I and II comorbidity, and etiology-related variables (e.g., history of abuse). Furthermore, dimensional ratings of the subtypes predicted adaptive functioning above DSM-based diagnoses and symptoms.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-3018",
doi="10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181b3b13f",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181b3b13f"
}