Personality, psychopathological symptoms and illness perception in mental disorders: Results from Russian MMPI-2 validation studyстатьяТезисы
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Аннотация:Introduction: According to common-sense model illness representation
regulates her coping both in somatic and mental illnesses.
Objectives: As a personal reaction illness representation should
partially depend not only on diagnosis and symptoms but also on
personality. Aim is to identify direct and indirect effects of personality
and psychopathological complaints in illness representation
in mental disorders.
Methods: Eighty patients (20 males) from MMPI-2 validation
sample (Butcher et al., 2001) filled revised version of Illness Perception
Questionnaire and Symptom Checklist 90-R. Eleven patients
met ICD-10 criteria for addictions, 28 – for mood disorders, 20 – for
schizophrenia and schizotypal disorder, 21 – for acute stress reactions.
Results: According to moderation analysis, illness-related beliefs
in mental disorders are relatively independent on clinical diagnosis
and specific symptoms, but are associated with the overall level of psychopathological complaints. Regardless of the clinical group
and complaints, depressive traits are associated with negative and
emotional appraisal of illness. Social introversion and hypomanic
activation serve as moderators of the relationship between complaints,
illness duration and emotional representations.
Conclusions: Personality and overall level of psychopathological
symptoms could be stronger predictor of illness-related beliefs
than specific clinical factors in mental illness. Preliminary diagnostics
of personality in mental illnesses could be used to reveal
high-risk group for poor insight and non-compliance due to unrealistic
beliefs. Research supported by the grant of President of the
Russian Federation for the state support for young Russian scientists,
project MK2193.2017.6.
Disclosure of interest: The authors have not supplied their declaration
of competing interest.