=== Personality disorders and their relationship to increased marital problems and divorce ===
=== Personality disorders and their relationship to increased marital problems and divorce ===
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See: [[Personality disorders and divorce]]
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See also: [[Personality disorders and divorce]]
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The abstract for the journal article ''Personality Disorder Symptoms Are Differentially Related to Divorce Frequency'' states:
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:"[[Divorce]] is associated with a multitude of outcomes related to health and well-being. Data from a representative community sample (N = 1,241) of St. Louis residents (ages 55–64) were used to examine associations between personality pathology and divorce in late midlife. Symptoms of the 10 DSM–IV personality disorders were assessed with the Structured Interview for DSM–IV Personality and the Multisource Assessment of Personality Pathology (both self and informant versions). Multiple regression analyses showed [[Paranoid personality disorder|Paranoia]] and [[Histrionic personality disorder]] symptoms to be consistently and positively associated with number of divorces across all three sources of personality assessment. Conversely, Avoidant personality disorder symptoms were negatively associated with number of divorces. The present paper provides new information about the relationship between divorce and personality pathology at a developmental stage that is understudied in both domains."<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3569846/ Personality Disorder Symptoms Are Differentially Related to Divorce Frequency] by Krystle L., Disney, Yana Weinstein, and Thomas F. Oltmanns, ''Journal of Family Psychology''. 2012 Dec; 26(6): 959–965.doi: 10.1037/a0030446</ref>