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  • Psychiatry
  • Psychology
  • Mental Health

Background:

  • Personality disorders (PDs) involve impaired self and interpersonal functioning.
  • Loneliness is frequently observed in individuals with PDs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review studies on the association between loneliness and PDs, including the DSM-5's Alternative Model of Personality Disorders (AMPD).

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing research on loneliness and PDs.
  • Inclusion of studies examining PD traits and the AMPD framework.

Main Results:

  • Loneliness studies varied across PDs, with most research focused on borderline PD.
  • Loneliness correlated with psychopathological symptom severity and AMPD trait domains.
  • Shared factors include rejection sensitivity, cognitive biases, social withdrawal, and childhood maltreatment.

Conclusions:

  • Loneliness may exacerbate PD severity and impair personality functioning.
  • Loneliness and PD share common developmental pathways and psychological mechanisms.
  • Further research is needed to understand the reciprocal relationship and inform therapeutic interventions for loneliness in PDs.