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Table 10 Psychopathological Functioning Levels – Rating Scale (PFL-RS): English schedule

From: Psychopathological Functioning Levels (PFLs) and their possible relevance in psychiatric treatments: a qualitative research project

ACTION- REGULATION

   
 

Internal perspective

 

External perspective

ARi-1

The individual shows alienated (and/or) stereotyped (and/or) self-destructive behaviors deriving from an impaired reality testing

ARe-1

The individual shows alienated (and/or) stereotyped (and/or) destructive other-behaviors deriving from an impaired reality testing

ARi-2

The individual commits suicidal attempts (and/or) self-harm (and/or) alienated behaviors that substitute other mental contents and expressions of needs

ARe-2

The individual commits alienated (and/or) aggressive behaviors towards others that substitute other mental contents and expressions of needs

ARi-3

The individual threatens to commit suicidal attempts (and/or) self-harm (and/or) alienated behaviors that substitute other mental contents and expressions of needs

ARe-3

The individual shows clastic behaviors (and/or) threatens to commit alienated (and/or) aggressive behaviors towards others that substitute other mental contents and expressions of needs

ARi-4

The individual daydreams to commit suicidal attempts (and/or) self-harm (and/or) alienated behaviors that substitute other mental contents and expressions of needs

ARe-4

The individual daydreams to commit clastic (and/or) alienated (and/or) aggressive behaviors towards others that substitute other mental contents and expressions of needs

ARi-5

In specific situations the individual’s behavior does not consider the existing discrepancy between subjective meanings and environmental requests

ARe-5

In certain situations the individual’s behavior is impulsive (and/or) inhibited because he/she does not consider in a realistic way the favorable (and/or) unfavorable factors

ARi-6

The individual pursues his/her own realistic aims in an excessively reduced way and assumes avoidant (and/or) too resigned (and/or) too worried behaviors

ARe-6

The discrepancies between subjective intentions and environmental requests produce defeatist (and/or) too passive (and/or) too preoccupied behaviors

ARi-7

The individual pursues his/her own realistic aims without assuming avoidant (and/or) resigned behaviors and he/she can postpone satisfaction of his/her own needs

ARe-7

The discrepancies between subjective intentions and environmental requests do not produce excessively defeatist (and/or) passive (and/or) stubborn behaviors