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Histrionic Personality Disorder as a Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder that Cycles with Schizoidia

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Histrionic Personality Disorder as a Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder In this paper, I conceptualize histrionic personality disorder as largely emerging from underlying schizotypal traits, particularly positive schizotypy and low negative schizotypy. I also hypothesise relationships between schizoid personality disorder and histrionics. This dataset comes from a (n-3270) study I conducted several years ago. Participants were asked to rate several scales, each responding to each pd, and additionally autistic traits. Using items from the used scales, positive, negative, and impulsive schizotypy factors were extracted [Table 1]. Table 1 F1 Borderline Negative schizotypy Impulsive schizotypy Social anxiety Positive schizotypy When I feel ashamed, I think others often know why I feel that way. -0.09 -0.11 -0.04 -0.02 0.45 I feel like I can predict the future or influence the world with my mind 0.24 0.22 -0.02 -0.33 0.48 I have had the momentary feeling that my body has become misshapen. 0.43...