Associations between maladaptive personality domains and premature termination in an acute clinical setting.

Maladaptive personality has been positioned as one overarching framework with the potential to streamline conceptualization of both personality- and nonpersonality-related psychopathology. However, few studies have examined maladaptive personality in relation to (a) clinical outcomes in a naturalistic setting and (b) using measures short enough to be incorporated into standard clinical care. The goal of the current study, therefore, investigated the extent to which maladaptive personality domains-as measured by the Personality Inventory for