Personality disorders and relationship style among people in a romantic relationship
Keywords:
personality disorders, relationship style, relationshipsAbstract
The aim of the presented work is to provide answer to the following research question: Whether people with personality disorders display lower level of secure relationship style and higher level of anxious/ambivalent and avoidant style?
The examined group and methods: The investigation included a group of 134 people, aged from 18 to 32 years: 67 women and 67 men - 67 couples. All the examined subjects declared themselves as “being in a romantic relationship”. Median length of the relationship among the participants of the research was 3 years.
While carrying out the research subsequent tools were used: Personal Survey, Questionnaire Life Style 05-SK Diagnosing Personality Disorders created by Ewa Trzebińska and Questionnaire Diagnosing Relationship Style (KSP) created by Mieczyslaw Plopa, which classifies three styles: secure, anxious/ambivalent and avoidant.
Results and conclusion: The statistical analysis showed significant relation between personality disorders and relationship style. As predicted, personality disorders where negatively related to secure relationship style and positively associated with anxious/ambivalent and avoidant style. Depending on the type of personality disorders (from group of chaotic disorders, ambivalent or grandiose delusion disorders) they were associated with different relationship style among: anxious/ambivalent or avoidant.
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