This study focussed on the systems psychodynamic perspective of how different leadership styles (paranoid, schizoid, depressive, compulsive and histrionic) deal with change as measured in a focus group consisting of four psychologists. How the different styles deal with change was compared to the definitions established to distinguish the key tendencies apparent during change for each style. Content analysis was applied to determine an integrative profile for each style during change. Though each of the styles responds in distinctly different ways when faced with change, all show a heightened level of reaction on the interpersonal dimension, indicating that change dramatically affects leader-follower relationships. The findings highlight the reversion during change to extreme self-interest and a tendency to use the team to serve this self-interest. Recommendations were presented to create reflective space so the leader may, through insight, be in a position to establish collaborative leader-follower relationships that are open to change. / Indust & Org Psychology / MCOM (IND PSYCHOLOGY)

This study focussed on the systems psychodynamic perspective of how different leadership styles (paranoid, schizoid, depressive, compulsive and histrionic) deal with change as measured in a focus group consisting of four psychologists. How the different styles deal with change was compared to the definitions established to distinguish the key tendencies apparent during change for each style. Content analysis was applied to determine an integrative profile for each style during change. Though each of the styles responds in distinctly different ways when faced with change, all show a heightened level of reaction on the interpersonal dimension, indicating that change dramatically affects leader-follower relationships. The findings highlight the reversion during change to extreme self-interest and a tendency to use the team to serve this self-interest. Recommendations were presented to create reflective space so the leader may, through insight, be in a position to establish collaborative leader-follower relationships that are open to change. / Indust and Org Psychology / MCOM (IND PSYCHOLOGY)

This study conducted convergent validation on participant’s identification with the prototypical values of histrionic personality disorder repertoire, an important part of acceptance and commitment psychotherapy (ACT). The Multiaxial Inventory of Personality (MCMI – III) was administered to two mixed groups of participants (cases versus controls). Participants were also interviewed using the SCID- II,and a structured interview The content analysis of the structured interviews showed that participants with the disorder had the highest mean in the “A-R-VP self-report identification” at all the 12 values examined on a 0 to 5 point scale, with scores closer to 5. Meanwhile, those without the disorder had scores of identification between 0 and 1. The results of the Student t test confirmed the findings. People with histrionic personality disorder identify themselves with a repertoire of twelve characteristic values of this disorder. / El presente estudio validó  convergentemente, tras un análisis de contenido de entrevistas estructuradas, a un grupo de participantes “casos” versus un grupo equivalente de “controles” mixto su identificación con un repertorio de valores prototípicos del trastorno histriónico de la personalidad. Se aplicó la entrevista SCID-II, el  Inventario Multiaxial  de Personalidad MCMI-III  y la entrevista estructurada. Se halló que los participantes con el trastorno mostraron las medias más altas en su reporte de identificación con  un conjunto de 12 valores examinados  una escala de 0-5 en oposición a quienes no tenían dicho trastorno, los cuales tuvieron puntajes de identificación entre 0 y 1. Los resultados de la prueba t de student confirmaron lo anterior. Se concluye  que  las personas evaluadas con trastorno histriónico de la personalidad  se identifican con un repertorio de doce valores característicos de este trastorno. / La présente étude a validé de manière convergente l’identification que les participants de deux groupes mixtes équivalents, l’un de cas et l’autre de contrôles, ont fait sur un répertoire de valeurs prototypiques du trouble de personnalité histrionique, en tenant compte de son importance dans la diffusion et l’acceptation dans la thérapie d’acceptation et d’engagement (ACT). L’interview SCID-II, l’Inventaire Multiaxial de Personnalité MCMI-III et une entretien structurée ont été appliquées. Après avoir analysé le contenu des entretiens structurés et l’auto-rapport (A-R-VP) des identifications avec les valeurs du trouble en question, il a été constaté que les participants avec le trouble de la personnalité histrionique montraient les moyens les plus élevés sur une échelle de 0 -5, avec des valeurs plus proches de 5, alors que celles sans trouble présentaient des scores d’identification entre 0 et 1 sur la même échelle. Les résultats du test t de Student ont confirmé ce qui précède. On conclut que les personnes évaluées avec un trouble de la personnalité histrionique sont identifiées avec un répertoire de douze valeurs caractéristiques de ce trouble / O presente estudo validou a identificação com um repertório de valores prototípicos do transtorno de personalidade histriônica de um grupo de participantes com esse distúrbio em oposição a outro grupo de participantes sem este trastorno de personalidade que são importantes na defusão e na deliteração no Terapia de aceitação e compromisso (ACT). Desta forma, formaram-se um grupo de casos e outro grupo de controles. Ambos os grupos foram misturados. A entrevista SCID-II, o Inventário de Personalidade Multiaxial MCMI-III e a entrevista estruturada foram aplicadas. Os participantes com o transtorno tiveram os meios mais elevados em seu relatório “A-R-VP de identificação com um conjunto de 12 valores con escores perto de 5, examinados em uma escala de 0 a 5, em oposição àqueles que não tinham o referido transtorno, que apresentavam escores entre 0 e 1. Os resultados do teste de Student t confirmaram o acima. Conclui-se que as pessoas avaliadas com transtorno de personalidade histriônica são identificadas com um repertório de doze valores característicos desta desordem.

The intent of this study was to explore to what extent loneliness, need for belonging, and parent-child relationships relate to time spent communicating via social media. The study also focused on predicting social media integration and vaguebooking, an attention seeking behavior on social media. Results from a sample of 471 college students indicated that need for belonging was related to more time spent communicating with friends online. Parent-child relationship, social anxiety, and loneliness were not significantly correlated with social media use. Need for belonging predicted social media integration and loneliness predicted vaguebooking. Histrionic symptoms significantly predicted both social media integration and vaguebooking behaviors, indicating that for those with histrionic traits, social media may reinforce attention seeking behaviors.

This thesis investigates the relationship between social media and Cluster B Personality Disorders: Borderline Personality Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder, and Histrionic Personality Disorder. This research builds upon previous findings by examining specific negative social media motivations and behaviors, such as excessive use and negative motivations, in relation to Cluster B Personality Disorders. Participants completed the McLean Screening Instrument for Borderline Personality Disorder (MSI-BPD; Zanarini et al., 2005), The Short Dark Triad (Jones &Paulhus, 2014), Antisocial Process Screening Device (Frick & Hare, 2002), Self-Test Histrionic Personality Disorder (Olivardia, 2022), and Motivations for Social Media Use Scale (MSMU; Rodgers et al., 2020). These instruments assess callous-unemotional traits, narcissism, impulsivity, attention-seeking behaviors, erratic behaviors, and motivations for social media use. The results indicate a significant positive correlation between extensive social media use and higher tendencies toward Cluster B Personality Disorder traits, with specific social media motivations strongly linked to distinct aspects of these disorders. This study enhances understanding of the psychological correlates of excessive social media use.

Submitted by Viviane Lima da Cunha (viviane@biblioteca.ufpb.br) on 2017-06-20T12:56:49Z No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 1797753 bytes, checksum: b91b2cba56e365efc84ec01eeccdd920 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-20T12:56:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 1797753 bytes, checksum: b91b2cba56e365efc84ec01eeccdd920 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-02-20 / Personality can be defined as a set of relatively long traits that influence the interactions of the subject with the environment and adaptations to the intrapsychic, physical and social. Thus, only when inflexible and maladaptive do personality traits cause significant functional impairment or subjective suffering, which constitutes Personality Disorder (PD). According to the definition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), PDs begin in adolescence or early adulthood, are stable over time and lead to losses and are characterized by the following types: Paranoid; Schizoid; Schizotypal; Antisocial; Borderline; Histrionic; Narcissist; Evitative; Dependent and Obsessive-Compulsive. Recently, with regard to the measurement of PD, the Personality Disorders Assessment Instrument (IATP) was built and validated, which is part of the general evaluation of all the PT groups, but there were no psychometric Consonant with the literature, capable of interpreting the disorder of the Histrionic personality. Therefore, this dissertation had, as a general objective, to obtain evidence of validity of the modified and reduced version of the Inventory for Evaluation of Personality Disorders - IATP-R, including histrionic TP items. The present study had a total sample of 373 participants, of which 343 were university students (non-clinical sample) selected for convenience and 30 patients attended by psychologists and / or psychiatrists who used psychotropic medication, which characterized the clinical sample , Selected using the Simple Random Sampling technique (AAS). The investigation verified the unidimensionality of each set of items in the disorders through analysis. The factorial analysis (PA), using the factorial main axes method (PAF) and direct oblimin rotation, resulted in a final matrix composed by 8 factors that were organized as representative of the following personality disorders: Paranoid; Schizoid; Schizotypal; Narcissist; Evitative; Dependent and Obsessive-Compulsive. For the Anti-Social and Borderline factors, there were no psychometrically satisfactory items and in agreement with the literature capable of interpreting these TPs. The structure indicated a total explained variance of 50.2%, regarding the reliability index, which was calculated through Cronbach's alpha, scored between 0.70 and 0.83, presenting acceptable indexes for this measure. Regarding the TRI analysis, the factors that obtained the best discrimination and difficulty parameters were the TP: Histrionic; Narcissist; Dependent; Paranoid and Schizotypal; All medium to extremely difficult. It should be noted that, in the TRI, seven factors were analyzed, leaving out the schizoid TP factor, because it presented only two items after the FA. The value of the theta (ability) of subjects estimated from the TRI are presented in this investigation as a possible tool for decision making regarding the presence or absence of a specific TP. The results are generally considered satisfactory and the validated instrument can be used as a tool for research purposes in the evaluation of personality disorders. / A personalidade, pode ser definida como um conjunto de traços relativamente duradouros e que influencia as interações do sujeito com o ambiente e adaptações ao intrapsíquico, físico e social. Deste modo, somente quando inflexíveis e mal adaptativos, os traços de personalidade causam significativos prejuízos funcionais ou sofrimentos subjetivos, o que configura o Transtorno da Personalidade (TP). Segundo a definição do Manual Diagnóstico e Estatístico de Transtornos Mentais (DSM-5), os TP tem início na adolescência ou início da idade adulta, é estável ao longo do tempo e leva a prejuízos e são caracterizados pelos seguintes tipos: Paranoide; Esquizoide; Esquizotípica; Antissocial; Borderline; Histriônica; Narcisista; Evitativa; Dependente e Obsessivo-compulsiva. Recentemente, no que se refere à medida dos TP, foi construído e validado o Instrumento Avaliação dos Transtornos da Personalidade (IATP ) que se enquadra nos instrumentos voltados para a avaliação geral de todos os grupos de TP, porém não houve itens psicometricamente satisfatórios e em consonância com a literatura, capazes de interpretar o transtorno da personalidade Histriônica. Diante disso, esta dissertação teve, como objetivo geral, obter evidências de validade da versão modificada e reduzida do Inventário para Avaliação dos Transtornos da Personalidade – IATP-R, incluindo os itens do TP histriônica. O presente estudo contou com uma amostra total de 373 participantes, da qual 343 era de estudantes universitários (amostra não clínica) selecionados por conveniência e 30 pacientes atendidos por psicólogos e/ou psiquiatras que faziam uso de medicação psicotrópica, a qual caracterizou a amostra clínica, selecionada por meio da técnica de Amostragem Aleatória Simples (AAS). A investigação verificou a unidimensionalidade de cada conjunto de itens nos transtornos através de análises. A Análise fatorial (AF), realizada pelo método dos eixos principais fatoriais (PAF) e rotação direct oblimin, resultou em uma matriz final composta por 8 fatores que se organizaram como representativos dos seguintes transtornos da personalidade: Paranoide; Esquizoide; Esquizotípica; Narcisista; Evitativa; Dependente e Obssessivo-compulsiva. Para os fatores Antissocial e Borderline, não houve itens psicometricamente satisfatórios e em consonância com a literatura capazes de interpretar esses TP. A estrutura apontou uma variância total explicada de 50,2%, quanto ao índice de confiabilidade, que foi calculado através do alfa de Cronbach, pontuou entre 0,70 e 0,83, apresentando índices aceitáveis para esta medida. Quanto à análise da TRI, os fatores que obtiveram os melhores parâmetros de discriminação e dificuldade foram os TP: Histriônico; Narcisista; Dependente; Paranoide e Esquizotípica; todos entre medianos e extremamente difíceis. Cabe destacar que, na TRI, foram analisados sete fatores, ficando de fora o fator TP esquizoide, por apresentar apenas dois itens após a AF. O valor do teta (habilidade) dos sujeitos estimados a partir da TRI são apresentados nesta investigação como uma possível ferramenta para tomada de decisão quanto à presença ou ausência de um TP específico. Os resultados de modo geral são considerados satisfatórios e o instrumento validado pode ser utilizado como ferramenta para fins de pesquisa na avaliação dos transtornos da personalidade.