Table 11 Psychopathological Functioning Levels – Rating Scale (PFL-RS): English schedule
SOCIAL SKILLS | Â | Â | Â |
|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Internal perspective | Â | External perspective |
SSi-1 | The individual uncritically distorts the meaning of the situations (and/or) of some of them (and/or) some rules of social living | SSe-1 | At least one aspect of social living (and/or) individual’s relationships is permanently impaired by an altered reality testing |
SSi-2 | A stable ability to satisfy basic needs (and/or) the needs of a stable relationship according to the rules of social living is impaired | SSe-2 | The individual alternates a great demand for the presence of others and sudden (and/or) unexpected estrangement |
SSi-3 | Loneliness is intolerable and is avoided even imagining relationships that cannot change (and/or) end | SSe-3 | The relational detachment is perceived as an abandonment which is hugely (and/or) not valued |
SSi-4 | The individual pursues (and/or) avoids the relational commitments of affective life (and/or) of study/work (and/or) spare time according to absolutized motivations | SSe-4 | The social relationships that entail intimacy (and/or) strong contrasting emotions are not supported uninterruptedly (and/or) are handled only depending on an external guidance |
SSi-5 | The individual’s ability to be autonomous and to engage in a comparison with others is a source of difficulty, even in the absence of negative events | SSe-5 | The individual has difficulties in alternating relational distance and closeness (and/or) effort and self-restraint (and/or) activation and asking for help (and/or) cooperation and opposition |
SSi-6 | When establishing or continuing significant relationships the individual shows in some aspects an excessive tendency to avoidance (and/or) pessimism (and/or) excessive tension (and/or) passivity | SSe-6 | The individual imagines significant relationships but in case of need shows an excessive increase in the fear of promoting them (and/or) in the preoccupation about how they may proceed (and/or) in the tendency to adapt himself/herself to others |
SSi-7 | The individual imagines significant relationships and copes with the difficulties without too defeatist (and/or) discouraged (and/or) preoccupied attitudes | SSe-7 | The individual appears sufficiently calm and trustful in the establishment (and/or) continuation of meaningful relationships |