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2025-08-05

Discriminating the histrionic personality disorder through the recognition need factor from the Dimensional Clinical Personality Inventory 2

Discriminación del Trastorno Histriónico de la Personalidad a Través del Factor de Necesidad de Reconocimiento del Inventario Clínico Dimensional de Personalidad 2

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https://doi.org/10.15446/rcp.v34n2.103427

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Cluster B, externalizing disorders, self-report, pathological traits (en)
Grupo B, trastornos de externalización, Autoinforme, rasgos patológicos (es)

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Investigating discriminative capacity is crucial to determining a measure’s usability and establishing a clinically useful cutoff fordecision-making. This study aimed to examine the Dimensional Clinical Personality Inventory-2 (idcp-2) factors’ capacity toidentify individuals according to the presence of an hpd diagnosis. We selected 339 individuals from a dataset comprising 4,854adults, reaching a statistical power of .98. We administered five hpd-related factors from the idcp-2. Most idcp-2 factors couldidentify individuals based on hpd pathological traits, as those diagnosed with hpd had the highest mean scores in the factors,except for the Interpersonal Superficiality factor. Intergroup comparisons and regression analysis indicated that the Need forRecognition factor was the most discriminating indicator of hpd pathological traits. We provide a cutoff to be clinically employedprofessionals for hpd screening.

Investigar la capacidad discriminatoria es crucial para determinar la usabilidad de una medida y establecer un límite clínicamente útil para la toma de decisiones. Este estudio tuvo como objetivo examinar la capacidad de los factores del Inventario Clínico Dimensional de Personalidad 2 (idcp-2) para identificar a las personas según la presencia del diagnóstico de hpd. Seleccionamos339 individuos de un conjunto de datos compuesto por 4.854 adultos, alcanzando una potencia estadística de .98. Administramos cinco factores relacionados con hpd del idcp-2. La mayoría de los factores idcp-2 pudieron identificar a las personas en función de los rasgos patológicos de hpd, ya que las personas diagnosticadas con hpd tenían las medias más altas en los factores. La excepción a esto fue el factor de Superficialidad Interpersonal. Las comparaciones intergrupales y el análisis de regresión indicaron el factor Necesidad de reconocimiento como el indicador más discriminatorio de la presencia de rasgos patológicos de hpd. Ofrecemos un límite que puede ser empleado clínicamente por profesionales para detectar la presencia de hpd.

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Carvalho, L. de F., Gonçalves, A. P., Pianowski, G., Zuanazzi, A. C. & Carvalho Franco, G. (2025). Discriminating the histrionic personality disorder through the recognition need factor from the Dimensional Clinical Personality Inventory 2. Revista Colombiana de Psicología, 34(2), 13–22. https://doi.org/10.15446/rcp.v34n2.103427

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Carvalho, L. de F., Gonçalves, A.P., Pianowski, G., Zuanazzi, A.C. and Carvalho Franco, G. 2025. Discriminating the histrionic personality disorder through the recognition need factor from the Dimensional Clinical Personality Inventory 2. Revista Colombiana de Psicología. 34, 2 (Aug. 2025), 13–22. DOI:https://doi.org/10.15446/rcp.v34n2.103427.

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Carvalho, L. de F.; Gonçalves, A. P.; Pianowski, G.; Zuanazzi, A. C.; Carvalho Franco, G. Discriminating the histrionic personality disorder through the recognition need factor from the Dimensional Clinical Personality Inventory 2. Rev. colomb. psicol. 2025, 34, 13-22.

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CARVALHO, L. de F.; GONÇALVES, A. P.; PIANOWSKI, G.; ZUANAZZI, A. C.; CARVALHO FRANCO, G. Discriminating the histrionic personality disorder through the recognition need factor from the Dimensional Clinical Personality Inventory 2. Revista Colombiana de Psicología, [S. l.], v. 34, n. 2, p. 13–22, 2025. DOI: 10.15446/rcp.v34n2.103427. Disponível em: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/psicologia/article/view/103427. Acesso em: 28 dec. 2025.

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Carvalho, Lucas de Francisco, André Pereira Gonçalves, Giselle Pianowski, Ana Carolina Zuanazzi, and Gabriel Carvalho Franco. 2025. “Discriminating the histrionic personality disorder through the recognition need factor from the Dimensional Clinical Personality Inventory 2”. Revista Colombiana De Psicología 34 (2):13-22. https://doi.org/10.15446/rcp.v34n2.103427.

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Carvalho, L. de F., Gonçalves, A. P., Pianowski, G., Zuanazzi, A. C. and Carvalho Franco, G. (2025) “Discriminating the histrionic personality disorder through the recognition need factor from the Dimensional Clinical Personality Inventory 2”, Revista Colombiana de Psicología, 34(2), pp. 13–22. doi: 10.15446/rcp.v34n2.103427.

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L. de F. Carvalho, A. P. Gonçalves, G. Pianowski, A. C. Zuanazzi, and G. Carvalho Franco, “Discriminating the histrionic personality disorder through the recognition need factor from the Dimensional Clinical Personality Inventory 2”, Rev. colomb. psicol., vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 13–22, Aug. 2025.

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Carvalho, L. de F., A. P. Gonçalves, G. Pianowski, A. C. Zuanazzi, and G. Carvalho Franco. “Discriminating the histrionic personality disorder through the recognition need factor from the Dimensional Clinical Personality Inventory 2”. Revista Colombiana de Psicología, vol. 34, no. 2, Aug. 2025, pp. 13-22, doi:10.15446/rcp.v34n2.103427.

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Carvalho, Lucas de Francisco, André Pereira Gonçalves, Giselle Pianowski, Ana Carolina Zuanazzi, and Gabriel Carvalho Franco. “Discriminating the histrionic personality disorder through the recognition need factor from the Dimensional Clinical Personality Inventory 2”. Revista Colombiana de Psicología 34, no. 2 (August 21, 2025): 13–22. Accessed December 28, 2025. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/psicologia/article/view/103427.

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Carvalho L de F, Gonçalves AP, Pianowski G, Zuanazzi AC, Carvalho Franco G. Discriminating the histrionic personality disorder through the recognition need factor from the Dimensional Clinical Personality Inventory 2. Rev. colomb. psicol. [Internet]. 2025 Aug. 21 [cited 2025 Dec. 28];34(2):13-22. Available from: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/psicologia/article/view/103427

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