Evaluación psicodiagnóstica del trastorno de personalidad histriónico

Abstract

se muestran en la entrevista inicial vinculada con la observación directa. The histrionic personality disorder, is presented during the adult stage and prevails mainly in women, refers characteristics of behavioral exaggeration, dramatization, theatricality, affective lability, emotional ambivalence, imperious desire to monopolize the attention, manipulative attitude with seductive conducts for the personal gratification, egocentric qualities, instability in personal relations and impulsive behavior in the professional, labor and social area, since they tend to expose exuberant and unrealistic speeches, but scarce in the information. In relation to the psychodiagnosis, this process consists of examining the behavior that the subject presents, identifying the symptoms that indicate the definitive diagnosis of a disorder. Thus, the psychological evaluation investigates aspects, signs and indications that explain the syndrome or personological disorder of the individual; this evaluation is established through psychological tools such as: interviews, observations, questionnaires, inventories, scales, tests, psychometric and projective tests, which are used according to the symptoms shown in the initial interview linked to direct observation.