The two polarities model (TPM) of personality organizes psychological assessment and psychotherapy and connects to personality disorder diagnosis using the DSM-5 Alternative Model for Personality Disorders (AMPD). The authors developed scales assessing the TPM from an existing self-report measure for level of personality functioning (LPF), a core component of the AMPD. Iterative content analyses of the LPF measure yielded scales for Autonomy and Communion corresponding to dimensions of the TPM. The scales were refined via internal consistency analyses using a measure of psychological attachment and studied in development and validation samples. Associations with relevant external criteria were explored in a series of multiple regressions. The new content-based LPF scales were illustrated with a case vignette. Although the new Autonomy/Communion scales await further validation prior to clinical use, initial evidence suggests that they may bridge the nomological nets of the TPM and AMPD and potentially offer clinical utility in assessment and treatment planning.

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评估人格功能水平的自我定义和相关性。

人格的两极模型 (TPM) 组织心理评估和心理治疗，并使用 DSM-5 人格障碍替代模型 (AMPD) 连接到人格障碍诊断。作者从现有的人格功能水平 (LPF) 自我报告测量中开发了评估 TPM 的量表，LPF 是 AMPD 的核心组成部分。LPF 测量的迭代内容分析产生了对应于 TPM 维度的自治和共融的量表。通过使用心理依恋测量的内部一致性分析对量表进行了细化，并在开发和验证样本中进行了研究。在一系列多元回归中探索了与相关外部标准的关联。新的基于内容的 LPF 量表用案例插图说明。