KRITIKA DIJAGNOZE POREMEĆAJA LIČNOSTI U AKTUELNIM KLASIFIKACIJAMA: PERSPEKTIVA SOCIJALNOG KONSTRUKTIVIZMA
A CRITIQUE OF PERSONALITY DISORDER DIAGNOSIS IN CURRENT CLASSIFICATIONS: THE PERSPECTIVE OF SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVISM

Summary/Abstract: The main goal of this review is to offer an alternative perspective for understanding the problems in human functioning, which in the current classifications are called personality disorders. Through the approach of social constructivism, as well as the through critique of the existing classification systems in a conceptual and methodological sense, a proposal was made to change the understanding of the diagnosis of personality disorders. A review of the research emphasized that the definition, determination and prevalence of normality in the domain of personality depends on both the culture in which normality is defined and the fit between the personality traits of a particular person and the culture in which he/she grew up or into which he/she migrated. The offered review of the research leads the authors in the direction of proposing a review of the understanding and definition of personality disorders as an adaptation problem. This term emphasizes the need to understand the broader aspect of origins, development and maintenance issues, but also offers many alternative ways to understand the approach to adaptation problems. In addition to conceptual problems, the paper also discusses the methodological problems of current classifications that indicate that they are unreliable, invalid, and do not meet the criteria of good classification.

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