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Personality Disorder among Male Prisoner in Erbil/ Iraq
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Aziz, Saman SH.; Ali, Sirwan K. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
Background and objectives: Personality disorders are enduring, persistent and pervasive disorders of inner experience and behavior that cause distress or significant impairment in social functioning. They have strong relationship to offending and violence; our aim in the study was to determine the prevalence rate of each specific types of…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Males, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions
Assessment of Borderline Personality Features in Population Samples: Is the Personality Assessment Inventory-Borderline Features Scale Measurement Invariant across Sex and Age?
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De Moor, Marleen H. M.; Distel, Marijn A.; Trull, Timothy J.; Boomsma, Dorret I. – Psychological Assessment, 2009
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is more often diagnosed in women than in men, and symptoms tend to decline with age. Using a large community sample, the authors investigated whether sex and age differences in four main features of BPD, measured with the "Personality Assessment Inventory-Borderline Features" scale (PAI-BOR; Morey,…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Personality Assessment, Personality Measures, Gender Differences
Constructing Identities: Perceptions and Experiences of Male Primary Headteachers
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Jones, Deborah – Early Child Development and Care, 2008
This article presents research undertaken with male headteachers in early years schools within the UK and explores several influential discourses in relation to male headteachers' identities. The article discusses the ways in which different identities are constructed for headteachers by parents, governors and wider society, and also how a variety…
Descriptors: Males, Principals, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Borderline Personality-Disordered Alcoholics in Iceland: Descriptions on Demographic, Clinical, and MMPI Variables.
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Jonsdottir-Baldursson, Thuridur; Horvath, Peter – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1987
Replicated, in an Icelandic sample of alcoholics, research on the clinical and demographic characteristics of borderline patients. Used Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), Gunderson's Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines, and the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test. A particular MMPI high point configuration characterized alcoholics…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Clinical Diagnosis, Demography, Foreign Countries
The Impact of Divorce on Children.
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Thiessen, Irmgard – Early Child Development and Care, 1993
The degree of emotional trauma that children may face during or after their parents' divorce is related to the personality profiles of both parents; quality of parent-child bonding; quality of parent-child attachment; parenting styles; and resilience of the child. Courts and child care workers should look more closely at parent personality…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Divorce, Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes
The Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability (START): A Prospective Validation Study in a Forensic Psychiatric Sample
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Nicholls, Tonia L.; Brink, Johann; Desmarais, Sarah L.; Webster, Christopher D.; Martin, Mary-Lou – Assessment, 2006
A new assessment scheme--the Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability (START)-- presents a workable method for assessing risks to self and others encountered in mentally and personality disordered clients. This study aimed to demonstrate (a) prevalence and severity of risk behaviors measured by the START, (b) psychometric properties of…
Descriptors: Risk, Mental Disorders, Aggression, Incidence