PMID- 35532104
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220519
LR  - 20220731
IS  - 1932-863X (Electronic)
IS  - 1932-8621 (Print)
IS  - 1932-8621 (Linking)
VI  - 16
IP  - 2
DP  - 2022 May
TI  - The recording of personality strengths: An analysis of the impact of positive 
      personality features on the long-term outcome of common mental disorders.
PG  - 120-129
LID - 10.1002/pmh.1548 [doi]
AB  - Although personality strengths are assessed frequently in occupational and 
      managerial settings and in children, they have been less used in studies of 
      personality disorder. The aim of this study is to examine the impact of a measure 
      of personality strengths derived from the comprehensive version of the 
      Personality Assessment Schedule (CPAS) (i.e., positive and reinforcing traits) on 
      clinical symptoms and functioning. Eighty-nine patients with anxiety and 
      depression seen at the 30-year follow-up point in a cohort study (Nottingham 
      Study of Neurotic Disorder) were administered the Comprehensive version of the 
      PAS (CPAS). A factor analysis of the results determined the main groupings and 
      their impact on long-term outcomes as well as their association with change of 
      outcomes over 30 years. Five positive factors (strengths), forceful 
      considerateness, emotional toughness, cautiousness, independence and discernment 
      accounted for 67.2% of the variance using both Varimax and Promax rotations. Low 
      positive scores were strongly associated with suicide attempts, moderate/severe 
      personality disorder, cothymia (mixed anxiety-depression), greater symptomatology 
      and poor social function. High scores were protective of serious pathology and 
      particularly effective in inhibiting suicidal behaviour. The promotion of 
      personality strengths may be of value in preventing suicidal behaviour and 
      helping pro-social change in those with personality disturbance.
CI  - (c) 2022 The Authors Personality and Mental Health Published by John Wiley & Sons 
      Ltd.
FAU - Yang, Min
AU  - Yang M
AD  - West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University West China Medical Centre, 
      Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
AD  - Faculty of Health, Art and Design, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, 
      Australia.
FAU - Tyrer, Peter
AU  - Tyrer P
AD  - Division of Psychiatry, Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College, London, 
      UK.
AD  - Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Lincoln, UK.
FAU - Tyrer, Helen
AU  - Tyrer H
AD  - Division of Psychiatry, Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College, London, 
      UK.
LA  - eng
GR  - MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20220509
PL  - England
TA  - Personal Ment Health
JT  - Personality and mental health
JID - 101473502
SB  - IM
MH  - Child
MH  - Cohort Studies
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Mental Disorders/psychology
MH  - Personality
MH  - *Personality Disorders/diagnosis/psychology
MH  - Suicide, Attempted
PMC - PMC9287073
COIS- None of the authors has any conflict of interest to declare.
EDAT- 2022/05/10 06:00
MHDA- 2022/05/20 06:00
PMCR- 2022/07/15
CRDT- 2022/05/09 07:43
PHST- 2022/04/21 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2022/01/28 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/04/25 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/05/10 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/05/20 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2022/05/09 07:43 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/07/15 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - PMH1548 [pii]
AID - 10.1002/pmh.1548 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Personal Ment Health. 2022 May;16(2):120-129. doi: 10.1002/pmh.1548. Epub 2022 
      May 9.