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Suma Psicológica
Print version ISSN 0121-4381
Abstract
RUIZ CASTANEDA, Dyanne and GOMEZ-BECERRA, Inmaculada. DYSFUNCTIONAL PERSONALITY PATTERNS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS: A FUNCTIONAL - CONTEXTUAL REVIEW. Suma Psicol. [online]. 2012, vol.19, n.2, pp.131-149. ISSN 0121-4381.
This paper aims to highlight the importance of the study of the dysfunctional patterns of personality from the beginning to the end of childhood and early adolescence. It will review the empirical evidence on the risk factors of future dysfunctional styles of personality in adulthood and the possibility of these disorders as such from very early stages. It will present the vision of personality disorders from current diagnostic manuals and some peculiarities of the future DSM-V. It also, presents an analysis of the origin and development of these dysfunctional patterns of infant-juvenile personality from a functional-contextual view including the role of language or the verbal regulation and the self. Finally, there are some perspectives to be considered for future research.
Keywords : Personality; personality disorder; infants; adolescence; verbal regulation.