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Monika Olga Jańczak1, Dominika Górska1, Tobias Nolte2,3
1From Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland.
Background:
Mentalizing is a multifaceted construct central to personality pathology, and a person-centered approach may clarify how imbalances between self-and other-mentalizing relate to its expression and severity.
Methods:
Ninety-nine adults from clinical and community samples completed diagnostic interviews and validated measures of mentalizing, personality functioning, and maladaptive traits. Cluster analysis was applied to indices of self-and other-mentalizing.
Results:
Three profiles emerged: (1) low self-mentalizing with hypermentalizing of others, (2) relatively preserved self-mentalizing with ineffective other-mentalizing, and (3) broadly effective mentalizing. Cluster 1 showed the highest severity of personality pathology and greater clinical burden reflected in higher rates of psychiatric hospitalization and treatment referral. Cluster 3 showed the lowest levels of pathology and clinical burden. No cluster differences were found in sociodemographic indicators.
Conclusions:
Distinct mentalizing profiles are differentially associated with personality pathology and clinical burden, highlighting the central role of impairments in self-mentalizing and hypermentalizing of others.
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