Histrionic personality disorder (HPD) is a common and problematic form of personality pathology involving excessive attention-seeking, often through overly sexualized means. Much of the research on HPD has involved the association between HPD characteristics and basic temperament traits. Given the sometimes hypersexualized presentation of HPD, another potential influence on HPD characteristics may be exposure to sexual assault. However, there is little research on the association between sexual assault and HPD in general or with respect to temperament traits in particular. In this study, we examine the relative associations of sexual assault and temperament traits with the cognitive characteristics of HPD in a large sample of college students (N = 965) using a Bayesian approach to the analysis of covariance. Results suggest that sexual assault is associated with HPD cognitive characteristics over and above the robust influence of temperament traits. The study findings have implications for future research on and clinical intervention with people with HPD.

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性侵犯和气质特征对表演型人格障碍认知特征的相对影响。

表演型人格障碍 (HPD) 是一种常见且有问题的人格病理学形式，涉及过度寻求注意力，通常是通过过度性化的手段。许多关于 HPD 的研究都涉及 HPD 特征与基本气质特征之间的关联。考虑到 HPD 有时会过度性表现，对 HPD 特征的另一个潜在影响可能是遭受性侵犯。然而，关于性侵犯和 HPD 之间的一般关系或特别是气质特征的研究很少。在这项研究中，我们使用贝叶斯协方差分析方法，在大量大学生样本 (N = 965) 中检查了性侵犯和气质特征与 HPD 认知特征的相对关联。结果表明，性侵犯与 HPD 认知特征相关，而不仅仅是气质特征的强大影响。该研究结果对未来对 HPD 患者的研究和临床干预具有重要意义。