The Alternative Model for Personality Disorders states that personality pathology involves significant impairment in personality functioning that can be assessed using the Level of Personality Functioning Scale (LPFS). However, the ability of the LPFS to capture impairments typical of personality pathology, rather than of general psychopathology, is still unclear. The authors applied a 12-item version of the LPFS to clinical interviews (i.e., the Structured Interview of Personality Organization [STIPO]) to test whether differences in levels of impairment in domains related to both self- and interpersonal functioning can be detected among patients with personality disorders (n = 33), psychiatric outpatients (n = 30), and nonclinical controls (n = 30). Results show that the 12-item version of the LPFS scored using clinical material gathered through STIPO interviews captures impairments in identity, self-direction, and empathy uniquely linked to personality pathology. However, impairments in intimacy do not differentiate between patients with and without personality disorders.

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人格组织结构化访谈（STIPO）中人格功能量表水平应用于临床材料：检测人格病理学的效用


人格障碍的替代模型指出，人格病理涉及人格功能的严重损害，可以使用人格功能量表（LPFS）进行评估。然而，LPFS 捕获典型人格病理学而非一般精神病理学缺陷的能力仍不清楚。作者将 LPFS 的 12 项版本应用于临床访谈（即人格组织结构化访谈 [STIPO]），以测试是否可以在患者中检测到与自我和人际功能相关的领域的损伤水平差异人格障碍患者 (n = 33)、精神科门诊患者 (n = 30) 和非临床对照患者 (n = 30)。结果显示，LPFS 的 12 项目版本使用通过 STIPO 访谈收集的临床材料进行评分，捕捉到了与人格病理学独特相关的身份、自我导向和同理心损伤。然而，亲密关系受损并不能区分患有和不患有人格障碍的患者。