Abstract

The long-term stability of maladaptive personality traits in the general population has been under-investigated. The current study examined the longitudinal 20-year mean-level stability and rank-order consistency of five maladaptive personality traits—as measured with the Personality Psychopathology-5-r scales. Correlations and regression analysis were conducted to test both types of stability comparing raw scores of scale administrations in a general population sample in both 1992 and 2012 (N = 65). Repeated measures analysis of variance demonstrated significant mean-level stability of the PSY-5-r traits over 20 years. The PSY-5-r scales demonstrated significant rank-order consistency as evidenced by correlational analyses and reliability coefficients. The scales Aggressiveness-r (r = .73), Neuroticism/Negative Emotionality-r (r = .65), Introversion/Low Positive Emotionality-r (r = .63), and Disconstraint-r (r = .56), evidenced strong rank-order stability, whereas Psychoticism-r (r = .3) showed moderate rank-order consistency. The results of the present study indicate that maladaptive personality traits as measured with the PSY-5-r scales are relatively stable over 20 years in an adult community population.

摘要

普通人群中适应不良的人格特征的长期稳定性尚未得到充分研究。当前的研究检查了五个不良适应人格特质的纵向20年平均水平稳定性和等级顺序一致性，这是通过人格心理病理学5-r量表测得的。进行了相关性和回归分析，以比较两种类型的稳定性，以比较1992年和2012年在一般人群样本中的规模管理原始得分（N  = 65）。重复测量方差分析表明，PSY-5-r性状在20年内具有显着的平均水平稳定性。PSY-5-r量表显示出显着的等级一致性，相关分析和可靠性系数证明了这一点。量表攻击性-r（r= .73），神经质/消极情绪-r（r = .65），内向/低积极情绪-r（r = .63）和Disconstraint-r（r = .56），证明其具有较强的等级稳定性，而Psychoticism-r（r = .3）表现出中等的等级一致性。本研究的结果表明，用PSY-5-r量表测量的不良适应人格特征在成年社区人口中在20年内相对稳定。