Histrionic Personality Research Articles

Development and Validation of the Online Histrionic Personality Scale (OHPS) Using the DSM-5 Criteria for Histrionic Personality Disorder

The present study evaluated personality presentation in online environments in terms of histrionic personality. The aim of the study was to develop the Online Histrionic Personality Scale (OHPS). The OHPS was developed using the diagnostic criteria for histrionic personality disorder (HPD) in the DSM-5 and assesses histrionic behavior in online environments. The present study comprised 381 university students (219 females and 162 males) from four different samples. The validity of the OHPS was investigated utilizing exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and criterion validity. As a result of the EFA, a single-factor structure with an eigenvalue of 3.850 was found and accounted for 48.12% of the total variance. This one-dimensional structure was tested with CFA in two different samples. CFA results show that OHPS had an acceptable fit. The criterion validity of the OHPS was examined with the Desire for Being Liked Scale (DBLS) and the Histrionic Personality Belief subscale of the Personality Belief Questionnaire-Short Form (PBQ-STF). Analysis showed that the OHPS was significantly associated with desire for being liked (r = .65, p < .01) and histrionic personality beliefs (r = .70, p < .01). The reliability of the OHPS was evaluated with Cronbach’s α internal consistency reliability coefficient and corrected item total correlation coefficient in three different samples. The Cronbach α internal consistency coefficients of the OHPS were .84 (EFA sample), .88 (CFA sample), and .88 (criterion validity sample). Corrected item total correlation coefficients of OHPS ranged from .53 to .62 in the EFA sample, .47 to .78 in the CFA sample, and .52 to .76 in the criterion validity sample. The distribution of data was examined with floor and ceiling effects in three different samples. Finally, the standard error of measurement (SEM) was calculated in three different samples. There were no floor and ceiling effects in the data, and the SEM values were within acceptable limits. When validity and reliability analyses of the OHPS are considered as a whole, it is concluded that the OHPS is a valid and reliable scale that assesses online histrionic personality among university students.

Prevalence Study Of Psychiatric Disorders Among Female Prisoners Due to Violence Crimes

Background:About 9 million people are imprisoned worldwide, but the number with mental disorders is unknown.Aim of the study:Determination of the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among female prisoners of violent crimes inside one of the Egyptian prisons . Patients and Method:The study was done in Tanta General Prison, in a certain period of time “ Aug.2014 - Jun.2015”.The sample of the study was 134 female prisoners. Instruments and procedures:First all the sample were examined with semi – structured interview by the researcher and diagnosed according to DSM IV TR .Then the sample had three questionnaires, ( Ezynk – IQ – Family Economic Social Cultural Level ).These data underwent statistical analysis, and then the researcher described them in tables to correlate between the socio-demographic, clinical variables, and questionnaires of the study.Results:The results of semi-structured interview had revealed that the majority of the sample were suffering from psychiatric disorders with percentage represented (61.9%). The most common disorders were substance abuse (35.07%), histrionic personality disorder (24.6%), major depressive disorder (17.9%), and borderline personality disorder (15.6%).The results of Ezynk represented that psychotic personality has been found among female violent prisoners.The results of IQ represented marked decrease among the majority of the sample.The results of Family Economic Social Cultural Level Questionnaire represented marked decrease among the majority of the sample.Conlusion:The psychiatric disorders are markedly increased among the female prisoners who were imprisoned due to violent crimes

Development of two psychological experience questionnaires for screening violence-related mental health disorders of non-psychiatric inpatients

BackgroundIncreased violent events happen in the general hospitals in China and yet non-psychiatric departments do not have tools for violence-tendency screening.MethodsThe current study developed and evaluated two Inpatient Psychological Experience Questionnaires (IPEQs) for the screening of violence-related six mental health disorders: (Inpatient Psychological Experience Questionnaire-1 (IPEQ-1): anxiety, depression and suicidality; Inpatient Psychological Experience Questionnaire-2 (IPEQ-2): paranoid personality disorder, emotionally unstable personality disorder and histrionic personality disorder). Two initial IPEQs (IPEQ-1: 37 items and IPEQ-2: 30 items) were developed and assessed by domain experts. Then 1210 inpatients were recruited and divided into three groups (160, 450 and 600 samples, respectively) for IPEQs item selection and evaluation. During the two-stage item selection, three statistical methods including Pearson’s correlation coefficient, exploratory factor analysis and item response theory were applied. For the item evaluation, Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, test-retest reliability, criterion-related validity and construct validity of the final questionnaires were measured.ResultsTwelve items were selected for each IPEQs. Cronbach’s alpha coefficients were 0.91 and 0.78 for IPEQ-1 and IPEQ-2, respectively. Test-retest replication ratios were 0.95 and 0.87 for IPEQ-1 and IPEQ-2, respectively. Correlation coefficients between different disorders and their related-tools scores were [0.51, 0.44] and [0.40, 0.44] for IPEQ-1 and IPEQ-2, respectively and were significant (P < 0.01). Confirmatory factor analysis supported the validity of the final IPEQs (P < 0.05), and the model fit index met the criterion generally.ConclusionThe IPEQs developed in this study could be effective and easy-to-use tools for screening inpatients with violence-intendancy in non-psychosomatic departments.

Soliciting Audience’s Ovation: The Antagonist’s Artifices and Acting Ingenuity in Shakespeare’s Othello

Rarely does Shakespeare assign the antagonists in his plays such dominant and pivotal roles as he does in Othello. Seldom, either, does a Shakespearean character exhibit such an obsession with playacting and theatricals as Iago does. The paper at hand explores the consequences of Shakespeare’s unusual decision to tip the traditional balance between protagonist and antagonist in favour of the latter in this great tragedy. The paper argues that Othello is more a play about the splendour of playacting and the charm of actors than it is about evil and evildoing. Arguably devised as suffering from ‘histrionic and narcissistic personality disorders,’ Iago is self-urged, by his latent desire for attention and approval, to parade his histrionic flairs and procure audience’s admiration and commendation. The paper, therefore, assesses the acting and theatrical potentials that Shakespeare invested in the character of Iago, with special attention given to the queer antagonist-audience rapport in the play. The paper concludes that the character of the antagonist is the central attraction in Othello and a major factor in its popular reception. Shakespeare makes Iago ‘the acting dramatist,’ who combines the roles of playwright, actor, stage-manager, and director, to extol the acting profession and emphasise the power of great actors in his day. The paper invites readers of Othello to view Iago not merely as a malefactor but also as a deft actor.

Histrionic Personality Disorder to Some Groups of Women in Erbil City

The Histrionic Personality arises from the interaction of genetic and environmental factors, the relationship of the individual to the parents (particularly through improper socialization) and this personality is the result of backwardness or failure in the process of emotional maturity, and we cannot consider this character a disease in itself, but it is a Personality Disorder, thus, this research attempts to investigate the extent of the in Histrionic Personality Disorder in a sample of (300) women from different groups in the city of Erbil. The researcher aims to illustrate the following: 1- Indicators of the prevalence of Histrionic Personality Disorder in the total sample. 2 - Significance of statistical differences in Histrionic Personality Disorder according to age, marital status and women groups. The current research has determined the following: 1- The human scope: The current research is determined by groups of women (female teachers in high schools, female employees in Government Departments, students at Salahaddin-Erbil University and Lebanese French University, including patients in women's hospitals and clinics. 2 - Time: 2018-2019 3 – Place: The city of Erbil. In the current research, the researcher relied on the following procedures to obtain the one questionnaire: 1- The researcher relied on the questionnaire of (Qadoomi, 2000) and the questionnaire of (Omar, 2009) and (DSM-5) for the questionnaire of Histological Personality Disorder. 2- Presentation of items of (Histrionic Personality Disorder) to a group of experts in education and psychology to extract the apparent sincerity of the on questionnaire, as well as extract the echo of construction. 3- A sample of (300) women was randomly selected. 4 - Analysis of the items of the questionnaire in the method of the upper and lower groups. 5- Extracting the stability of the questionnaire by re-test method, which reached in the questionnaire of the Personality Disorder (** 0.62) and in the mid-split method of the questionnaire of Personality Disorder (0.799). After the implementation of the questionnaire of Histrionic Personality Disorder on the individuals of the sample and the analysis of their data statistically using (SPSS) was reached the following results: The mean of the scores of the sample individuals on the questionnaire of Histrionic Personality Disorder (58.48) degree and standard deviation of (5.76) degrees and was statistically significant from the level (0.00) when compared to the hypothesis mean of the questionnaire and its value (63) degree. 2- There are statistically significant differences in the Histrionic Personality Disorder of the sample among the individuals according to the variable (age and groups of women) and the absence of statistically significant differences according to the variable marital status.

КЛИНИЧЕСКИЕ ОСОБЕННОСТИ НЕВРОТИЧЕСКИХ НАРУШЕНИЙ ПРИ РЕВМАТОИДНОМ АРТРИТЕ

When examining 168 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (113 women, 55 men), neurotic disorders were found in 72.6% of patients: 22.6% -mild, 35.1% –moderate, and 14.9%-severe. At low RA activity, neurotic disorders were diagnosed in 56.8% of patients, and at medium and high levels-in 73.9 and 84.3% of patients. The most common types of disorders were asthenic and vegetative disorders, the frequency of which was 60.7 and 63.1%. 24.4% of patients were diagnosed with emotional disorders, 12.5% with hypochondriacal disorders, 9.5% with hysterical disorders, and 4.8% with obsessive -compulsive disorders

Inhibitory brainstem reflexes under external emotional-stimuli in schizoid and histrionic personality disorders

BackgroundSchizoid personality disorder patients behave inhibitedly and histrionic personality disorder patients openly, which might be due to different cortical and brainstem inhibitory activities. The exteroceptive suppressions of the temporalis muscle activity, especially the second period (ES2), under different external-emotions might be different in the two personality disorders. MethodsWe have invited 18 patients with schizoid, 17 with histrionic personality disorders, and 37 sex- and gender-matched healthy volunteers, to undergo the ES2 test under external emotions of Blank (nil emotion), Disgust, Erotica, Fear, Happiness, and Sadness. Their ongoing affective states of mania, hypomania and depression were also measured. ResultsOne-way ANOVA has detected that schizoid group scored higher on depression than healthy volunteers did, histrionic group scored higher on mania and hypomania than healthy volunteers did. Compared to those in controls, ES2 durations under fear and sadness in schizoid and under erotica in histrionic were longer. ConclusionsOur results indicated that the brainstem inhibitory dysfunction was more pronounced under fear and sadness in schizoid, but more pronounced under erotica in histrionic patients, which might imply different emotional control therapies for the two personality disorders.

Further Validation of the MMPI-2-RF Personality Disorder Spectra Scales

The purpose of the current study was to extend research on the Personality Disorder (PD) Spectra scales developed for the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF). We evaluated the scales against measures of both the DSM-5 Section II (traditional model) and Section III (Alternative Model of Personality Disorders; AMPD) PD diagnostic criteria. The participants were 474 undergraduate students from the University of Otago who were administered a range of measures for both DSM-5 PD models. The MMPI-2-RF PD Spectra scales showed significant moderate to large correlations with traditional PD measures, with the exception of Histrionic PD, as well as evidenced incremental validity over the MMPI-2-RF Personality Psychopathology-5 (PSY-5) – the only current formal measurement of personality pathology on the MMPI-2-RF- in accounting for scores on traditional PD measures. The MMPI-2-RF PD Spectra scales also showed moderate to high correlations with most hypothesized AMPD personality trait and impairment scales used to assess DSM-5 AMPD diagnostic criteria. The findings indicated that the scales align well with both paradigms for PD assessment, situating the MMPI-2-RF in a unique position as a bridging measure.

The Relationships between Personality Disorders and Early Maladaptive Schemas and the Moderating Role of Gender.

The aims of this study were to examine the relationship between personality disorders (PDs) and early maladaptive schemas, to determine the early maladaptive schemas that predict PDs, and to investigate the moderating role of gender in the relationship between PDs and early maladaptive schemas. The sample consisted of 654 participants, 368 (56.4%) women and 286 (43.6%) men, aged 18-75 years, determined by the convenience sampling method. Data were collected using Coolidge Axis II Inventory Plus Turkish Short Form and Young Schema Questionnaire-Short Form 3. From regression analysis, it was determined that each PD had a specific early maladaptive schema profile. According to the analysis, the schema that predicts the most for paranoid, schizotypal, schizoid, antisocial, borderline, obsessive-compulsive, and avoidant PDs is social isolation/mistrust; for histrionic and narcissistic PDs, the schema is approval seeking, and for dependent PD, it is failure. The analysis related to the moderating role of gender indicated that for women, the emotional deprivation schema is a risk factor for paranoid PD, and the schemas of self-sacrifice, punitiveness, and unrelenting standards are the risk factors for avoidant PD. This study discovered that some early maladaptive schemas were predictors of PDs and that gender had a moderating role in the relationship between these variables. It is thought that paying attention to the moderating role of gender and considering the specific schema profiles of each PD will be beneficial for intervention programs for early maladaptive schemas and understanding the etiology of PDs.

Sickle Cell Patient and Addiction to Tramadol: Case Management in Senegal

Introduction: Tramadol* is a synthetic opioid agonist used as an analgesic. Despite its minor potential of addiction, it created recently a lot of concern. Its misuse may be motivated by a need to control the pain or by looking for her euphoric character. The aim of our study was to proceed a psychopathological reading of a case of addiction to Tramadol in a sickle cell patient with histrionic personality traits. Methods: We report the case’s management of a patient with addiction to Tramadol in a sickle cell patient with histrionic personality traits. The diagnosis was based on the DSM IV criteria. The review was done in the model of semi-structured interviews. Observation: Miss DP is 23 years old, sickle cell patient (AS profile). It is addressed to us for the management of an excessive consumption of Tramadol* started 4 years ago. Because of the difficulties of care in outpatient, we conducted hospitalization. The interviews highlight the histrionic personality traits and disruption of family dynamics. Discussion: Painful chronic diseases require a long analgesic treatment. It is a factor of dependence specially when the patient has a personality disorder. Multidisciplinary treatment between psychiatrist and addiction specialist and medical doctor is a guarantee of success.

Adaptation and the Psychometric Properties of Turkish version of the Structured Clinical Interview for the DSM-5-Personality Disorders - Clinician Version (SCID-5-PD/CV).

The aim of this study is to demonstrate the validity and reliability of the Categorical and Dimensional Psychometric Properties of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 Personality Disorders (SCID-5-PD) after its translation to the Turkish. The study was carried out with 102 volunteers from two university hospitals. The SCID interview was conducted by two experienced psychiatrists who interchanged positions as interviewer and observer; and completed the research forms without discussing the patient. The diagnostic agreement between the interviewers and the Kappa coefficient were calculated. Divergent and convergent validity analyses were carried out for diagnostic validity and the scores obtained from the self-report form as well as the dimensional evaluation scores were used in the statistical analyses. The group mean age for volunteers was 39.6±11.6 years and 66.7% consisted of females. The Kappa values for personality categories were 0.79 for avoidant personality structure, 0.64 for dependent personality structure, 0.81 for obsessive-compulsive personality structure, 0.76 for paranoid personality structure, 0.49 for schizotypal personality structure, 0.90 for histrionic personality structure, 0.66 for narcissistic personality structure, 0.89 for borderline personality structure and 0.71 for antisocial personality structure. Dimensional evaluation showed significant correlation with the diagnostic agreement between the interviewers and also with the scores of the self-report forms completed by the participants. The results demosntrated that the Turkish version of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 Personality Disorders (SCID- 5-PD-CV-TR) is valid and reliable.

Personality disorders characterized by anxiety predict Alzheimer's disease in women: A case-control studies

This research is geared toward the evaluation of current and pre-morbid personality psychopathology in Alzheimer's disease (AD). The study was conducted with four groups who were administered the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-4+, mainly in the form of individual interviews. Current measurement: AD Group, 44 female participants (M = 81.36 years); Control Group, 80 female participants from the population at large (M = 75.84 years). Pre-morbid measurement: AD Group Informants (n = 40); Control Group Informants (n = 42). The incidence of all clusters in clinical state are significant, and Cluster B incidence in pre-morbidity is evidenced. Cluster C is highlighted throughout the life course as a predictor. Logistic regression analyses showed that schizotypical, narcissistic, avoidant, obsessive-compulsive, pre-morbid schizotypical, pre-morbid histrionic, and pre-morbid obsessive-compulsive personality disorders, predicted the presence of AD diagnosis, accounting for 49% of the variance. These findings are relevant to research relating personality and psychopathology in Alzheimer's disease.

Two violations followed by homicide

It's about the murder of a 13-year-old girl. His 17-year-old cousin was imputed. After the studies, it turned out that the young man according to the DSM V was structuring a histrionic and narcissistic personality. Development of the case The event that took place was the discovery of a semi-naked girl in the bed of a river, dead and with signs of probable sexual abuse." "After a day of making inquiries by the police personnel, an uncle and a cousin of the girl were arrested, leaving only the young man in charge of the Juvenile Criminal Court. After the legal procedures, the young person is referred to the offices of the expert body (psychologist and psychiatrist) of the Minority and Family Courts. The 17-year-old was the 13-year-old girl's first cousin and the case was titled "Creminis Causa homicide in real contest with aggravated sexual abuse with repeated carnal access". The adolescent was referred by the Court in order to carry out the psychological and psychiatric examinations in order to determine if it was included in the provisions of Article 34, paragraph 1 of the CP (Article 73 of the CPP) of the Argentine Republic [1], the profile of his personality.

Histrionic Personality, Narcissistic Personality, and Problematic Social Media Use: Testing of a New Hypothetical Model

In the present study, a hypothetical model examining the relationships between histrionic personality belief, need for social approval, desire for being liked, social media disorder, and narcissistic personality belief was proposed and tested. The effect of histrionic personality belief on the need for social approval and desire for being liked was tested first. Then the effect of the need for social approval and desire for being liked on social media addiction were tested. Finally, the effect of social media addiction on narcissistic personality belief was tested. The present study comprised 305 adolescents (165 girls and 140 boys) and they were administered the Personality Belief Questionnaire-Short Form, Need for Social Approval Scale, Desire for Being Liked Scale, and Social Media Disorder Scale. Before the proposed hypothetical model was tested, each latent variable was tested with measurement models to determine if it could be used in structural models. Findings demonstrated that histrionic personality belief positively affected the need for social approval and desire for being liked. The need for social approval and desire for being liked positively affected social media addiction. Finally, social media addiction positively affected narcissistic personality belief.

Sexual Coercion by Women: The Influence of Pornography and Narcissistic and Histrionic Personality Disorder Traits

Largely overlooked in the literature, this study investigated factors influencing women’s use of sexual coercion. Specifically, pornography use and personality disorder traits linked with poor impulse control, emotional regulation, and superior sense of sexual desirability were considered. Women (N = 142) aged 16–53 years (M = 24.23, SD = 7.06) were recruited from community and student populations. Participants completed the Narcissistic and Histrionic subscales of the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-4, in addition to the Cyber-Pornography Use Inventory to explore the influence of their pornography use (interest, efforts to engage with pornography, and compulsivity) on their use of sexual coercion. This was measured using four subscales of the Postrefusal Sexual Persistence Scale: nonverbal sexual arousal, emotional manipulation and deception, exploitation of the intoxicated, and use of physical force or threats. Multiple regression analyses revealed that pornography use, narcissistic traits, and histrionic traits significantly predicted the use of nonverbal sexual arousal, emotional manipulation and deception, and exploitation of the intoxicated. Effort to engage with pornography was a significant individual predictor of nonverbal sexual arousal and emotional manipulation and deception, while histrionic traits were a significant individual predictor of exploitation of the intoxicated. Findings were discussed in relation to existing sexual coercion literature and potential future research.

Review on the Present Condition of Histrionic Personality Disorder

Review on the Present Condition of Histrionic Personality Disorder

Modern-Day Relics of Psychiatry.

Constantly shifting cultural views influence public perceptions of psychiatric diagnoses, sometimes accommodated by changes in diagnostic terminology. Evolving scientific knowledge of the era is at times used to justify and support mental illnesses. Too often, however, remasked nomenclatures fail to alter social stigma, in part because political arguments are used. Scientific validations of variant behaviors as symptoms with a pathologic status are unfortunately overshadowed. Examples of cultural bias effects on recurring diagnostic challenges illustrate a need for scientific validation. Renaming fails to improve stigma or diagnostic clarity. For example, neurasthenia, or nervous exhaustion, was attributed to fast-paced urban life through the late 1970s. Its symptoms are now largely, to no real advantage, retitled as chronic fatigue syndrome. Diagnoses like "hysteria" have evolved into histrionic personality disorder and somatoform spectrum disorders, although less as a result of demonic possession or a "wandering uterus." Decriminalized and depathologized homosexuality remains a political football, where religious "sin" conceptualizations have not been displaced by studies documenting healthy adjustments among groups with diverse sexual orientations and preferences. Each of these remains severely socially stigmatized. The pseudoscience of "drapetomania," once used to rationalize and pathologize a slave's freedom, is perceived now as psychiatric incarcerations of mentally healthy individuals, more commonly in totalitarian regimes-a politicization of stigma. Research reviews and funding efforts need to emphasize a sound basis for individuals caught in perpetuated diagnostic challenges, not remedied by simple shifts in nomenclature.

Transdiagnostic Dimensions towards Personality Pathology and Childhood Traumatic Experience in a Clinical Sample: Subtype Classification by a Cross-sectional Analysis

Psychiatric disorders are highly heterogeneous syndromes often explained by underlying and internalized personality disorder(PD) traits that are affected by externalized childhood trauma experiences(CTE). The present study investigated the differential subtype model by examining the association between PD traits and CTE in a clinical sample with transdiagnostic psychopathology. Outpatients(n = 2090) presenting for psychiatric treatment completed self-reported measures of PD traits(Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire) and the childhood adversity(Child Trauma Questionnaire). Canonical variates were generated by canonical correlation analysis(CCA) and then used for hierarchical cluster analysis to produce subtypes. A support vector machine(SVM) model was used and validated using a linear kernel to assess the utility of the extracted subtypes of outpatients in clinical diagnosis classifications. The CCA determined two linear combinations: emotional abuse related dissociality PD traits(antisocial and paranoid PD) and emotional neglect related sociality PD traits(schizoid, passive-aggressive, depressive, histrionic, and avoidant PD). A cluster analysis revealed three subtypes defined by distinct and relatively homogeneous patterns along two dimensions, and comprising 17.5%(cluster-1, n = 365), 34.8%(cluster-2, n = 727), and 47.8%(cluster-3, n = 998) of the sample, each with distinctive features of PD traits and CTE. These subtypes suggest more distinct PD trait correlates of CTE manifestations than were captured by clinical phenomenological diagnostic definitions. Our results highlight important subtypes of psychiatric patients that highlight PD traits and CTE that transcend current diagnostic boundaries. The three different subtypes reflect significant differences in PD and CTE characteristics and lend support to efforts to develop PD and childhood trauma targeted psychotherapy that extends to clinical diagnosis-based interventions.

Psychometric properties of brief histrionic personality symptoms scale among Iranian students

Psychometric properties of brief histrionic personality symptoms scale among Iranian students

\The Histrionic personality and its relation with social development methods of the university of students Socialization has University students

The most prominent problem the academic students are exposed to is the personality problem, how it may crystallize and become in the University medium, and how can this personality be because on it falls a great responsibility in looking to the future and coexist with it. The Histrionic personality the topic of the research seems confident and sure of self, yet this person does not feel love towards himself, as the holder of The Histrionic personality suffers from disordered characteristics and merits that do not permit him to harmonize with it and its surrounding in a natural way, and here the role of family emerges as the individual is affected by the depth of parental upbringing because the family is one of the most important social institutions. The research has a set of aims to be achieved by the researcher as possible, as the following: 1- Identifying The Histrionic personality among the students of the Basic College of Education. 2- Identifying the differences significance in The Histrionic personality among the students of the Basic College of Education. 3- Identifying the styles of social upbringing among the students of the Basic College of Education. 4- Identifying the differences significance in the styles of social upbringing among the students of the Basic College of Education. 5- Identifying the strength and direction of the relationship between The Histrionic personality and the styles of social upbringing. To achieve the research aims, the researcher adopted the scale of Qaddouri (2005) and constructed the scale of social upbringing styles. The researcher came out with a group of recommendations and suggestions which enriched the research.