Personality Functioning and Personality Pathology
Integrating Theory, Assessment, and Treatment
Edited by Amanda A. Uliaszek and Christopher J. Hopwood
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“Few topics are as clinically important but conceptually challenging as PF. One could argue that the field has offered little more useful than 'you know it when you see it.' This volume valiantly and successfully takes up the challenge of mapping a pluralistic and contemporary scholarly view on PF. Chapters span basic science to applied treatment, psychometrics to neuroscience. Scientists and practitioners of all stripes will find this book useful for clarifying and furthering their understanding of one of psychopathology’s most central and perplexing phenomena.”
—Aidan G. C. Wright, PhD, Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Michigan
“Bringing together accessible theoretical overviews, empirical perspectives, and clinical applications, this book makes a significant contribution to the field. Especially compelling is its relevance for clinicians of all orientations—by presenting multiple approaches, it shows how personality functioning (PF) can serve as a common language across models. This volume is essential reading for graduate students, researchers, and practitioners seeking an up-to-date, clinically meaningful account of how dimensional approaches to personality can be translated into clinical practice through the lens of PF.”
—Susanne Hörz-Sagstetter, PhD, Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Psychologische Hochschule Berlin, Germany
Table of Contents
Introduction: Personality Functioning in a Historical Context, Christopher J. Hopwood & Amanda A. UliaszekI. Theoretical Perspectives in Personality Functioning
1. Personality Functioning as One Thing: A Psychoanalytic Self-Other Perspective, Donna Bender 
2. How Does Personality Lead to Psychopathology?: Personality Functioning as Risk for Cybernetic Dysfunction, Colin G. DeYoung
3. Personality Functioning through the Lens of Contemporary Integrative Interpersonal Theory, Aaron L. Pincus & Parandis Pourdehghan
4. A Developmental Perspective on Personality Functioning, Carla Sharp
5. Narrative Identity and Personality Functioning: Storying What It Means to Be a Person, Majse Lind & Kennedy M. Balzen
II. Personality Functioning Models of Psychopathology
6. The Computational Architecture of Personality Functioning, Orestis Zavlis, Michael Moutoussis, Tobias Nolte, Patrick Luyten, Peter Fonagy, & Giles Story
7. Incremental Validity of Personality Functioning and Personality Traits: Current Insights and Future Directions, Lennart Kiel & Johannes Zimmerman
8. Personality Dysfunction: Conceptual and Measurement Issues in Diagnosing Personality Pathology, Lee Anna Clark & Carla Sharp
9. HiTOP and Personality Functioning, Isabella Manuel & Holly F. Levin-Aspenson
III. Research Methods
10. The Who, What, Why, and How of Personality Functioning Measurement, Amanda A. Uliaszek
11. The Dynamics of Personality Dysfunction across Levels of Time, Michael J. Roche & Audrey L. Stephenson
12. Integrating Dimensional Neurobiology and Personality Psychopathology Frameworks to Understand Personality Functioning and Impairment, Anthony C. Ruocco, Michael Carnovale, & Giuseppe Guerriero
IV. Therapeutic Approaches to Personality Functioning
13. Understanding and Treating Personality Functioning in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Shannon Sauer-Zavala, Sarah Cecil, & Caden Maynard
14. Personality Dysfunction in Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Mathew W. Southward, Madeline L. Kushner, Hannah Croom, & Martina Fruhbauerova
15. Using Contemporary Integrative Interpersonal Theory to Understand and Treat Personality Dysfunction, Nicole M. Cain
V. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Personality Functioning
16. Cross-Cultural Conceptualization of Personality Functioning, Adam P. Natoli, Caroline F. Carmody, Apryl A. Alexander, Giselle A. Hass, & Suzanne G. Pitama
17. Personality Dysfunction, Stigma, and Diverse Identities, Sarah R. Masland & Laura Furtado Fernandes
Conclusion: What We Know, What We Think We Know, and What We Want to Know about Personality Functioning, Amanda A. Uliaszek & Christopher J. Hopwood
Index
About the Editors
Amanda A. Uliaszek, PhD, CPsych, is Professor and Program Coordinator in the Graduate Department of Psychological Clinical Science at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on symptoms, treatment, and stigma related to borderline personality disorder; the dimensional structure of personality pathology and personality functioning; and disability, stigma, and self-advocacy in postsecondary student mental health. Dr. Uliaszek has clinical expertise in dialectical behavior therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy.Christopher J. Hopwood, PhD, is Professor of Personality Psychology at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Dr. Hopwood is Associate Editor of the Journal of Personality Assessment and the Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Psychology of Human–Animal Intergroup Relations. He is a recipient of the Theodore Millon Grant in Personality Psychology from the American Psychological Foundation, among other honors. Dr. Hopwood's research interests include personality assessment and development, interpersonal processes, psychopathology, and human–animal relations.
Contributors
Apryl A. Alexander, PsyD, Department of Health Management and Policy, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NCKennedy M. Balzen, MA, Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX
Donna Bender, PhD, Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, New York University, New York, NY
Nicole M. Cain, PhD, Department of Clinical Psychology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ
Caroline F. Carmody, BS, Department of Psychology and Philosophy, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
Michael Carnovale, MA, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sarah Cecil, BA,Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Lee Anna Clark, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
Hannah E. Croom, BA,Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Colin G. DeYoung, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Peter Fonagy, PhD, Department of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Martina Fruhbauerova, MS, Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Laura Furtado Fernandes, BA, Department of Psychological Science, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
Giuseppe Guerriero, MD MSci, Section of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Research and Development Unit, Lillakliniken Psykiatri Cura, Gothenburg, Sweden; Psychiatry, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
Giselle A. Hass, PsyD, Department of Psychology, Universidad de Iberoamerica, San Jose, Costa Rica
Christopher J. Hopwood, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Lennart Kiel, PhD, Department of Communication and Psychology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
Madeline L. Kushner, MS, Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Holly F. Levin-Aspenson, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Majse Lind, PhD, Department of Communication and Psychology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
Patrick Luyten, PhD,Department of Psychology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Isabella Manuel, MS,Department of Psychology, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Sara R. Masland, PhD, Department of Psychological Science, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
Caden Maynard, BA, Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Michael Moutoussis, PhD, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Adam P. Natoli, PhD, Department of Psychology and Philosophy, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
Tobias Nolte, PhD, Department of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Aaron L. Pincus, PhD, Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Suzanne G. Pitama, PhD, Department of Maori/Indigenous Health Innovation, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
Parandis Pourdehghan, MSc, Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Michael J. Roche, PhD, Department of Psychology, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, West Chester, PA
Anthony C. Ruocco, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Shannon Sauer-Zavala, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Carla Sharp, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX
Matthew W. Southward, PhD, Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Audrey L. Stephenson, MS, Department of Psychology, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, West Chester, PA
Giles Story, PhD, Department of Psychology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Amanda A. Uliaszek, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Orestis Zavlis, MSc, Department of Psychology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Johannes Zimmermann, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany