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Although many processes might contribute to the self-perpetuating nature of antagonistic personality, we proposed and tested the "antagonism-confirmation" perspective on this phenomenon. This perspective states that antagonistic personality is based in tendencies to confirm (vs. disconfirm) the self's beliefs about its personality. Importantly, this explanation uniquely predicts that antagonism-related personality constructs should relate to strategically adopting behaviors that vary on only their signification of higher or lower antagonism levels (and nothing more). In apparent privacy, nonclinical participants completed a color-gazing task, wherein antagonistic people ostensibly see colors become more (more-intense condition) or less intense (less-intense condition) while gazing at them. Consistent with the antagonism-confirmation perspective, antagonism-related personality constructs related to perceiving colors as turning more intense in the more-intense (vs. less-intense) condition. These effects could not be attributed to demand and occurred among a subsample of participants that indicated providing completely authentic responses. Furthermore, participants higher in antagonism-related personality constructs reported a greater likelihood of possessing antagonistic characteristics and that these characteristics were more beneficial; mediation evidence suggested that these reports were influenced by their confirmatory responding on the color-gazing task. Antagonism-confirmation tendencies might partly account for why antagonistic personality persists; broadly, the findings highlight the critical nature of identity management as a feature of antagonistic personality. AZD8055 purchase (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).Psychopathic traits have been routinely associated with poor treatment outcomes in correctional settings. Less is known about how psychopathic traits relate to treatment processes (e.g., perceptions of treatment; adjustment to treatment), particularly in nonforensic settings. The current study tested for relationships between psychopathic traits, as operationalized by the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure (TriPM) and treatment processes and outcomes in a sample of 200 U.S. military veterans enrolled in a residential substance use disorder treatment program at a Veteran's Affairs (VA) medical center. Participants were interviewed using several measurement instruments at 4 time points treatment entry, 1 month into treatment, treatment discharge, and 12 months post discharge. The TriPM was administered at baseline, and measures of treatment processes/outcomes were measured during treatment and at postdischarge. The TriPM scales exhibited differential associations with treatment processes and outcomes in multivariate analyses. Specifically, higher Boldness was associated with fewer psychiatric symptoms at baseline, but more rule-breaking behaviors and more peer-reported conflicts with other residents in treatment; higher Meanness predicted more negative perceptions of the treatment milieu; and higher Disinhibition predicted poorer substance use outcomes posttreatment. Together, these findings demonstrate associations between psychopathy and therapy processes/outcomes and highlight the potentially unique contribution of psychopathic traits to substance use disorder treatment programming. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).Currently, 3 competing conceptualizations of personality dysfunction can be distinguished the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) categorical model delineating 10 distinct types of personality disorders (PDs); the alternative model for PDs (DSM-5 Section III), which assesses personality functioning and traits separately; and the International Classification of Diseases, 11th Version conceptualization, which provides 1 single code for the presence of a PD (which is based on problems in functioning) as well as codes that specify the level of the disorder (mild/moderate/severe), and prominent trait domains or patterns (5 domains and 1 pattern). The current study aims to assess the incremental value of the DSM-5 PDs over and above a global personality dysfunction factor, using expert ratings obtained with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV PDs and the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 PDs interview in a large sample of clinical patients (N = 3,851). All estimated bifactor models provided adequate fit to the data. We found a surprisingly low explained common variance for the g-factor ( less then 40%), indicating that ignoring the specific PD factors would lead to a substantial loss of information. The strongest specific PDs in terms of explained common variance were the avoidant, schizotypal, and schizoid PD factors and the conduct disorder criteria set if included. Correlations between our factors and external variables were relatively low, except for the Severity Indices of Personality Problems, which aims to measure personality functioning. Our findings suggest that specific PDs still have an important role to play in the assessment of personality pathology. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

Little is understood about how Multiracial individuals are socialized around race and ethnicity, and how these socialization messages are related to ethnic-racial identity development.

This study utilizes a person-centered framework with a diverse sample of 286 Multiracial college students to examine the patterns of ethnic-racial socialization messages individuals received from their primary caregiver.

A latent profile analysis of caregivers' socialization messages produced a four-profile solution

(socialization messages with average frequency),

(frequent cultural socialization and preparation for bias geared toward minority group membership),

(frequent promotion of mistrust messages), and

(all socialization messages at low frequency). Overall, profile differences were evident with respect to ethnic-racial identity endorsement, where participants in the

profile endorsed the greatest levels of ethnic/racial exploration. In addition, individuals in the

profile also endorsed higher levels of ethnic/racial identity resolution and affirmation than the

and

profile.