There is a general consensus that personality disorders (PDs) share a general factor (g-PD) overlapping with the general factor of psychopathology (p-factor). The general psychopathology factor is related to many social dysfunctions, but its nature still remains to some extent ambiguous. We posit that hostile attributions may be explanatory for the factor common for all PDs, i.e., interpersonal problems and difficulty in building long-lasting and satisfying relationships of all kinds. Thus, the main objective of the current project was to expand the existing knowledge about underlying factors of g-PD with regard to hostile attributions. We performed a cross-sectional study on a representative, community sample of Poles (N = 1031). Our hypotheses were primarily confirmed as hostile attributions predicted p-factor. However, the relation was positive only for hostile attributions related to ambiguous situations involving relational harm and physical harm done by female authorities and negative in case of hostile attributions in situations involving physical harm done by peers. Additionally, paranoia-like thoughts strongly related to hostile attributions and independently predicted g-PD. The results contribute to the current discussion on the nature of the g-PD, confirm that hostile attributions and paranoia are a crucial aspect of personality pathology, and indicate the importance of working on these cognitions in the course of therapeutic work.

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理解一般人格障碍因素的核心：g-PD及其与敌意归因的关系

人们普遍认为人格障碍（PD）有一个与精神病理学一般因素（p-因素）重叠的一般因素（g-PD）。一般的精神病理学因素与许多社会功能障碍有关，但其性质在某种程度上仍然不明确。我们认为，敌意归因可能可以解释所有 PD 的共同因素，即人际问题和建立持久且令人满意的各种关系的困难。因此，当前项目的主要目标是扩大关于敌对归因的 g-PD 潜在因素的现有知识。我们对具有代表性的波兰人社区样本进行了一项横断面研究（氮= 1031）。我们的假设主要被证实为敌对归因预测的 p 因子。然而，只有当敌对归因涉及女性当局造成的关系伤害和身体伤害的模糊情况时，这种关系才呈正相关；而当敌对归因涉及同伴造成的身体伤害时，这种关系则呈负相关。此外，类似偏执的想法与敌意归因密切相关，并独立预测 g-PD。这些结果有助于当前关于 g-PD 本质的讨论，证实敌对归因和偏执是人格病理学的一个重要方面，并表明在治疗工作过程中研究这些认知的重要性。