Relationship between impaired attachment type and dark triad traits in patients with borderline personality disorder (pilot study)
E. V. Kuftyak,
A. S. Slyusarev,
A. V. Palin,
M. Yu. Kozlov,
E. D. Ivanitskaya,
Yu. M. Rumyanceva,
G. V. Bagryancev https://doi.org/10.31363/2313-7053-2023-632
Abstract
The study shows how insecure attachment types (anxious and avoidant) are associated with traits of the «dark triad» (narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism) in a sample of patients with borderline personality disorder. It was found that among the respondents, the greatest relationship was found in individuals with a predominance of the anxious type of attachment, who showed a statistically significant sharpening of such traits as: impulsiveness, manipulativeness, lack of sympathy and empathy («psychopathy»). And weakly expressed, relative to the sample, traits of demonstrativeness, egocentrism, inflated self-esteem (“narcissism”) and “Machiavellian” traits: a weak focus on moral standards, fixation on personal gain. There were no reliable data on the relationship between the avoidant type and dark triad traits in the course of the study, however, avoidant and anxious types are significantly correlated with low levels of psychological well-being among patients with borderline personality disorder.
About the Authors
E. V. Kuftyak
The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elena V. Kuftyak
Moscow
A. S. Slyusarev
Main Military Clinical Hospital named after acad. N.N. Burdenko
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Artem S. Slyusarev
Moscow
A. V. Palin
Psychiatric Clinical Hospital № 4 named after P.B. Gannushkin
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Aleksandr V. Palin
Moscow
M. Yu. Kozlov
Psychiatric Clinical Hospital № 4 named after P.B. Gannushkin
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Mikhail Yu. Kozlov
Moscow
E. D. Ivanitskaya
Psychiatric Clinical Hospital № 4 named after P.B. Gannushkin
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elizaveta D. Ivanitskaya
Moscow
Yu. M. Rumyanceva
Psychiatric Clinical Hospital № 4 named after P.B. Gannushkin
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Yulia M. Rumyanceva
Moscow
G. V. Bagryancev
Psychiatric Clinical Hospital № 4 named after P.B. Gannushkin
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Gleb V. Bagryancev
Moscow
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Kuftyak E.V., Slyusarev A.S., Palin A.V., Kozlov M.Yu., Ivanitskaya E.D., Rumyanceva Yu.M., Bagryancev G.V. Relationship between impaired attachment type and dark triad traits in patients with borderline personality disorder (pilot study). V.M. BEKHTEREV REVIEW OF PSYCHIATRY AND MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY. 2023;57(2):40-49. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31363/2313-7053-2023-632
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