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Current Challenges and Developments in Personality Disorders: New Theories and Models, Testing and Psychosocial Interventions in Special Settings

A special issue of Behavioral Sciences (ISSN 2076-328X). This special issue belongs to the section "Psychiatric, Emotional and Behavioral Disorders".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2025) | Viewed by 2581

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Denis Köhler

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Faculty for Social Sciences and Cultural Studies, University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf, 40489 Düsseldorf, Germany
Interests: personality; personality disorders; psychopathy; juvenile offenders; violent/sex offenders
Dr. Romina Müller

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Psychology Department, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
Interests: personality; personality disorders; psychopathy; juvenile offenders; violent/sex offenders

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Personality and personality disorders have always been central concepts in psychology and psychiatry, the understanding of which has developed considerably over the last 150 years. The current WHO ICD-11 classification system represents an almost radical development in that it is largely based on (maladaptive) dimensional personality traits. The prototype approach, which has existed for decades and is strongly influenced by psychiatry, is now only implemented in borderline personality. Accordingly, the ICD-11 goes one step further in terms of change than the alternative personality model of the DSM5.

In the course of these developments, we want to provide space in this Special Issue for new theoretical and empirical personality models and personality disorder concepts. In addition, the first psychological tests for the assessment of personality disorder traits according to the ICD-11 have already been presented. In particular, questions arise as to how, for example, dissocial, narcissistic, histrionic or psychopathic personality traits can be reflected in the ICD-11 model. The effects of these developments on psychotherapeutic practice and psychosocial interventions are also of interest. Of course, manuscripts do not only have to deal with the ICD-11, but may also focus on competing or alternative personality models. Special attention will be given to specific settings (e.g., prison, sexual and violent offender treatment, recidivism prognosis, forensic and psychiatric institutions, aftercare outpatient clinics, etc.).

We therefore welcome creative and new (critical and systematic reviews, qualitative and quantitative) research works on the above-mentioned topics.

Prof. Dr. Denis Köhler
Dr. Romina Müller
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • personality traits
  • personality disorders ICD-11 and DSM5
  • borderline personality disorder
  • antisocial disorder
  • psychopathy
  • treatment of personality disorders
  • assessment of personality (disorders)

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From Mistrust to Malice: Examining the Influence of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Reactive and Appetitive Aggression in Male Forensic Psychiatric Patients with a History of Drug Abuse Through the Lens of Psychodynamic Personality Structures
by Michael Fritz, Sylvia Flad, Judith Streb and Manuela Dudeck
Behav. Sci. 2025, 15(3), 246; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15030246 - 21 Feb 2025
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Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) represent one of the most critical factors contributing to the manifestation of psychiatric disorders later in life. Furthermore, such experiences are often associated with deficits in interpersonal relationships, manifesting as mistrust and violent behaviors, and are indicative of a [...] Read more.
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) represent one of the most critical factors contributing to the manifestation of psychiatric disorders later in life. Furthermore, such experiences are often associated with deficits in interpersonal relationships, manifesting as mistrust and violent behaviors, and are indicative of a fragmented personality. This study aimed to analyze the correlative relationships between personality deficits influenced by ACEs and the expression of reactive and appetitive aggression using self-report questionnaires in 53 male forensic psychiatric patients with a drug dependency background detained under §64 of the German Criminal Code between 2019 and 2022. Instruments included the Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis Structure Questionnaire (OPD-SF), the Maltreatment and Abuse Chronology of Exposure Scale–German Version (KERF), and the Appetitive and Facilitative Aggression Scale (AFAS). Specifically, the OPD-SF used the following subscales: self-perception, self-regulation, the regulation of object relations, emotional communication inward/outward, internal/external attachment, and total score. The results demonstrate a significant relationship between childhood traumatic experiences, personality structure, attachment capacity, self-perception, and regulation and the expression of both reactive and appetitive aggression. While the association with reactive aggression is intuitively plausible, the findings notably reveal that the propensity to derive pleasure from violence is also associated with personality deficits caused by adverse childhood experiences. These findings have important implications for the treatment of offenders with personality disorders and should be considered in therapeutic interventions. Full article
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Reliability and Validity of the Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality—Self-Report—German Version (CAPP-SR-GV) in a German Non-Criminal Sample
by Denis Köhler, Josephine Alexandra Boegel-Driessen, Jan Josupeit, Sarah-Joelle Issa-Keller, Romina Müller and Johannes Stricker
Behav. Sci. 2024, 14(9), 827; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14090827 - 17 Sep 2024
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The structure of psychopathy is conceptualized differently in various models and no consensus has yet been reached. This study aimed to further clarify psychopathy’s content and structure by validating the German Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality—Self-Report (CAPP-SR). For this purpose, we used a [...] Read more.
The structure of psychopathy is conceptualized differently in various models and no consensus has yet been reached. This study aimed to further clarify psychopathy’s content and structure by validating the German Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality—Self-Report (CAPP-SR). For this purpose, we used a sample of n = 458 participants. The CAPP’s six factors were replicated in an exploratory factor analysis. Further confirmatory analysis revealed recommendations for optimizing the CAPP. Thus, both an optimized version and the original CAPP-SR were examined. The construct validity of both versions was then examined using a different self-rating instrument for psychopathy, the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure. The implications of the findings and further research directions are discussed. Full article
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