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[ID: Multiple tables comparing personality styles and personality disorders. Each table is split into two columns labelled "Personality Style" and "Personality Disorder" respectively. The title of the table stas which personality style and disorder is being compared.

1: Table 3.1 A Comparison of Antisocial Personality Style and disorder

Personality Style:

Prefer freelancer living, and live well by their talents, ingenuity, and wits

Tend to live by their own internal code of values and not much influenced by social normals, yet live within the law

As adolescents were usually high-spirted hellraisers and mischief makers

Can be responsible and meet financial obligations

Tend to be wanderlusts, but are able to make plans and commitments

Reasonably truthful, albeit gifted in using words and making friends

Tend to be courageous, physically bold, and tough; will stand up to those who take advantage of them

Tend not to worry too much about others, expecting others to be responsible for themselves

Have strong libido and, while may desore several partners, can remain monogamous

Tend to live in the present and seldom experience much guilt

Personality Disorder:

Unable to sustain consistent work behaviour

Fail to conform to social normas with regard to lawful bahavoir, performing acts that are grounds for arrest

Irritable and aggressive as indicated by physical fights or assualts

Irreponsible and fail to meet financial obligations

Fail to plan ahead, or act impulsively

Have little regard for the truth, and lie, use aliases, or "con" others for personal profit

Reckless regarding their own and others' personal safety, as indicated by driving while intoxicated or recurrent speeding

If parent or guardian lacks the ability to function as a responsible parent

Have never sustained a totally monogamouos relationship for extended periods of time

Lack remorse and feel justified in having hurt, mistreated, or stolen from another

2: Table 4.1 A Comparison of avoidant Personality Style vs Disorder

Personality Style:

Comfortable with habit, repetition, and routine. Prefer the known to the unknown

Close allegiance with family and/or a few close friends; tend to be homebodies

Sensitive and concerned about what others think of them

Very discrete and deliberate in dealing with others

Tend to maintain a reserved, self-restrained demanour around others

Tend to be curious and can focus considerable attention on hobbies, and avocations; however, a few engage in counterphobic coping behaviours

Personality Disorder:

Exaggerates the potential difficulties, physical dangers, or risks involved in doing somethig ordinary but outside their usual routine

Has no close friends or condifancts - or only one - other than first degree relatives; avoids activities that involve signifiant interperosnal contact

Unwilling to get involved with others unless certain of being liked; easily hurt and worriers

Fears being embarassed by blushing, crying or showing signs of anxiety in front of other people

Reticent in social situations because of a fear of saying something inappropriate or foolish, or of being unable to answer a question

Tend to be underachievers and find it difficult to focus on jobs tasks and hobbies

3: Table 5.1 Comparison of the Borderline Personality Style and Disorder

Personality Style:

Maintenance of stable interpersonal relationships in which negative and positive perceptions of another are integrated rather than polarized

Low levels of impulsivity that fall within the normal range of culturally approved indulgence and do not cause devastation to self or others

Affective stability with tolerable levels of negative emotions

Ability to manage and diffuse anger in ways appropriate to context in which they occur

Sense of connection to self, body, and place in the world

Possessing an accurate sense of self that is consistent over time without being overly inflexible or overly malleable

Ability to tolerate and manage experiences of loss; capacity to realistically assess abandonment/loss

Absence of suicidal behaviour, gestures and threats (excludes suicidal ideation), self-mutilating behaviour

Capacity to manage stressful situations and stay cognitively and physically present

Personality Disorder:

Pattern of intense and unstable relationships marked by alternating between devaluation and overidealization

Impulsive behavior that can be self-damaging, such as spending, sex, substance abuse, shoplifting, reckless driving, or binge eating

Affective instability marked shifts from baseline mood to depression, irritability, or anxiety, usually lasting a few hours and only rarely more than a few days

Inappropriate and intense anger or lack of control of anger, e.g. frequent displays of temper, constant anger, recurrent physical fights

Persistent feelings of boredom or emptiness

Marked and persistent identity disturbance with uncertainty about at least two of the following: self-image, sexual orientation, long-term goals or career choice, type of friends desired, preferred values

Frantic efforts to avoid imagined or actual experiences of abandonment

Repeated suicidal gestures, behaviour, threats, or self-mutilating behaviour

Brief, stress-related paranoid ideation or severe dissociation symptoms

4: Table 6.1 Comparison of Dependent Personality Style and Disorder

Personality Style:

When making decisions they are comfortable seeking out the opinions and advice of others but ultimately make their own decisions

Carefully promote harmony with important persons in their life through being polite, agreeable, and tactful

Although they respect authority and prefer the role of team member, they can initiate and complete tasks on their own

Thoughtful and good at pleasing others. Occasionally, they will endure personal discomfort in accomplishing a good deed for the key people in their lives

Tend to prefer to company of one or more individuals to being alone

Tend to be strongly committed to relationships and work hard to sustain them

Can take corrective action in response to criticism

Personality Disorder:

Unable to make everyday decisions without and excessive amount of advice or reassurance from others; allows others to make the most of their important decision

Agrees with people even when they believe they are wrong, because of fear of being rejected

Has considerable difficulty initiating projects or doing things on their own

Volunteers to do things that are unpleasant or deeming in order to get other people to like them

Feels uncomfortable or helpless when alone,not goes to great lengths to avoid being alone

Feels devastated or helpless when close relationships end, and frequently preoccupied with fears of being abandoned

Easily hurt by criticism or disapproval

5: Table 7.1 Comparison of Histrionic Personality Style and Disorder

Personality Style

Enjoys compliments and praise

Charming, engaging, and appropriate appearance of behavior

Attentive to their appearance and grooming, enjoying clothes, style, and fashion

Lively and fun-loving, often impulsive, but can delay gratification

Enjoy being the center of attention, and can rise to the occasion when all eyes are on them

Sensation-oriented, emotionally demonstrative, and physically affectionate. Reacts emotionally but appropriately

Utilizes a style of speech which is appropriately global and specific

Personality Disorder

Constantly seeks or demands reassurance, approval or praise

Inappropriately sexually seductive in appearance and behaviour

Overly concerned with physical attractiveness

Expresses emotion with inappropriate exaggeration; self-centered and little tolerance for gratification

Uncomfortable in situations where they cannot be the center of attention

Displays rapidly shifting and shallow expression of emotion

Utilizes a style of speech that is excessively impressionistic and lacking in detail

6: Table 8.1 Comparison of Narcissistic Personality Style and Disorder

Personality Style

Although emotionally vulnerable to negative assessments and reaction of others, they can handle these gracefully

Shrewd in dealing with others, utilizing the strengths and advantages of others to achieve their own goals

Can energetically sell themselves, their ideas, and their projects

Tend to be able competitors who love getting to the top and enjoy staying there

Can visualize themselves as the best or most accomplished in their field

They believe in themselves, their abilities, and their uniqueness, but do not demand special treatment or privilege

Accept accomplishments, praise, and admiration gracefully and with self-possession

Personality Disorder

Reacts to criticism with feelings of rage, stress, or humiliation (even if not expressed)

Interpersonally exploitive, taking advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends

Grandiose sense of self-importance

Believe their problems are unique and understood only by other special people

Preoccupied by fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love

Have a sense of entitlement and unreasonable expectations of especially favourable treatment

Require constant attention and admiration

7. Table 9.1 A comparison of the Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Style and Disorder

Personality Style

Desires to complete tasks and projects without flaws or errors

Takes pride in doing all job or tasks well, including the smallest details of it

Tends to want things to be done "just right" and in a specific manner, but has some tolerance for things being done

Dedicated to work and working hard and capable of intense, single-minded effort

Carefully considers alternatives and their consequences in making decisions

Tends to have strong moral principles and strongly desires to do the right thing

No-nonsense individuals who do their work without much emotional expenditure

Generally, careful, thrifty, and cautious, but able to share from their abundance

Tend to save and collect objects and is reluctant to discard objects that have, formerly had or someday may have sentimental value for them

Personality Disorder

Perfectionism that interferes with task completion

Preoccupation with details, rules, lists, order, organization, or schedules to the extent that the major point of the activity is lost

Unreasonable insistence that others submit exactly to their way of doing things or unreasonable reluctance to allow others to do things because of the conviction that they will not do them correctly

Excessive devotion to work and productivity to the exclusion of leisure activities and friendships (not accounted for by obvious economic necessity)

Indecisive: decision making either avoided, postponed, or prolonged (but not due to excessive need for advice or reassurance from others)

Overconscientious, scrupulous, and inflexible about matters of mortality, ethics, it values

Restructured expression of affection

Lack of generosity in giving time, money, or gifts when no personal gain is likely to result

Unable to discard worn-out or worthless objects even when they have no value

8. Table 10.1 Comparison of the Paranoid Personality Style and Disorder

Personality Style

Self-assured and confident in their ability to make decisions and take care of themselves

Good listeners and observers, keenly aware of subtlety, tone, and multiple levels of meanning

Take criticism rather seriously without becoming intimidated

Place a high premium on loyalty, fidelity, working hard to earn and maintain loyalty, and never taking it for granted

Careful in dealings with other people, preferring to size up individuals before entering into relationships with them

Are assertive and can defend themselves without losing control and becoming aggressive

Personality Disorder

Reluctant to confide in others because of unwarranted fear that the information will be used against them

Reads hidden meanings or threats into benign remarks or events, i.e., suspects that a neighbor put out trash early to annoy them

Bears grudges or is unforgiving of insults or slights

Questions, without justification, the fidelity of spouse or sexual partner, friends, and associates

Expects, without sufficient basis, to be exploited or harmed by others

Easily slighted and quick to react with anger or to counterattack

9. Table 11.1 Comparison of Schizoid Personality Style and Disorder

Personality Style

Exhibit little need of companionship and are most comfortable alone

Tend to be self-contained, not requiring interaction with others in order to enjoy experiences or live their lives

Even-tempered, dispassionate, calm, unflappable, and rarely sentimental

Little driven by sexual needs, and, while they can enjoy sex, do not suffer in its absence

Tend to be unswayed by either praise or criticism and can confidently come to terms with their own behaviour

Personality Disorder

Neither desire nor enjoy close relationships, including being part of a family; have one or no close friends or confidants other than first-degree relatives

Nearly always choose solitary activities

Rarely, if ever, claim or appear to experience strong emotion, such as anger or joy

Little if any desire to have sexual experiences with another person

Indifferent to the praise and criticism of others; display constricted affects, e.g., is aloof, cold, and rarely reciprocates gestures or facial expressions, such as smiles or nods

10. Table 12.1 Comparison of Schizotypal Personality Style and Disorder

Personality Style

Tend to be tuned into and sustained by their own feelings and beliefs

Keen observation of others, and are particularly sensitive to how others react to them

Tend to be drawn to abstract and speculative thinking

Receptive and interested in the occult, extrasensory, and the supernaturaal

Tend to be indifferent to social convention, and lead interesting and odd unusual lifestyle

Usually are self-directed and independent, requiring few close relationships

Personality Disorder

Ideas of reference; suspicious or paranoid ideation; inappropriate or constricted affect

Excessive society anxiety, e.g., extreme discomfort in social situations involving unfamiliar people

Odd beliefs or magical thinking, influencing behaviour and inconsistent with subculture with norms, e.g., superstitiousness, belief in clairvoyance, telepathy, or "sixth sense"

Unusual perceptual experiences, e.g., illusions, sensing the presence of a force or person not actually there (e.g., "I felt as if my dead mother were in the room with me")

Odd or eccentric behaviour or appearance, e.g., unkempt, unusual mannerisms, talks to self, speech

No close friends or confidents (or only one) other than first-degree relatives

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