Self-Reported Levels of Personality Functioning from the Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis (OPD) System and Emotional Intelligence Likely Assess the Same Latent Construct

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Table 1. Models of OPD structural integration and TEIQUE trait emotional intelligence.

OPD Structural Integration
	Self	Object	TEIQUE Emotional Intelligence
Perception	Self-Perception	Object-Perception	Well-Being
	self-perception affect differentiation sense of identity	self-object-differentiation holistic object perception realistic object perception	self-esteem trait happiness trait optimism
Regulation	Self-Regulation	Regulation of Relationships	Self-Control
	affect tolerance impulse control regulation of self-esteem	protecting relationships^+ balancing interests^+ anticipation	emotion control stress management impulse control
Emotional Communication	Internal	External	Emotionality
	experiencing affect use of fantasies bodily self	establishing contact communicating affect empathy	emotion perception (self and others) emotion expression relationships trait empathy
Attachment	To Internal Objects	To External Objects	Sociability
	internalization use of introjects variability of attachment^-	capability for attachment^- accepting help detaching from relationships	social awareness emotion management (others) assertiveness
			(Not loading on a factor) adaptability self-motivation

Note. Facets marked with ⁻ are not included in the OPD-SQ; facets marked with ⁺ are tied together in the single facet “protecting interests in relationships” in the OPD-SQ. Note that OPD and TEIQUE factor structure overlap only in some aspects but differ in others (see text for details). OPD-SQ = Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis − Structure Questionnaire, TEIQUE = Trait Emotional Intelligence. Questionnaire

Figure 1. Latent variable structural equation models for investigating the relationship between general factors of structural integration and Trait Emotional Intelligence (Study 1) at zero order (model A: correlation model, left) and controlling for self-esteem (model A′: regression model, right). For ease of Interpretation, OPD-SQ scores were reversed so that higher scores indicate higher structural integration. OPD-SQ = Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis – Structure Questionnaire, TEIQUE = Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire, SE = self-esteem. Error terms are not displayed. Loadings of indicator variables are not displayed in model A' as they equal those of model A.

Table 2. Commonality analyses of unique and shared variance of structural integration and trait emotional intelligence on selected clinical personality scales and adaptive/maladaptive psychological functioning (study 1) as well as clinical and nonclinical five-factor model personality dimensions (study 3).

	OPD-SQ Structural Integration Unique	Shared Variance	TEIQUE Trait Emotional Intelligence Unique
Study 1
Personality Clinical
Psychopathy	.16	.77	.07
Unusual Experiences	.69	.23	.08
Adaptive Functioning
Perceived Social Support	.01	.69	.30
Life Satisfaction	.08	.77	.15
Maladaptive Functioning
Adverse Childhood Experiences	.68	.24	.08
Study 3
Personality Clinical
Negative Affect	.23	.76	.01
Detachment	.22	.77	.02
Psychoticism	.46	.52	.02
Antagonism	.36	.64	.00
Disinhibition	.32	.68	.00
Personality Nonclinical
Neuroticism (Negative Emotionality)	.01	.75	.24
Extraversion	.16	.11	.73
Openness (Open-Mindedness)	.04	.79	.17
Agreeableness	.07	.81	.12
Conscientiousness	.06	.81	.14

Note. Coefficients in each line add up to 1. OPD-SQ = Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis – Structure Questionnaire, TEIQUE = Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire.

Figure 2. Latent associations of structural integration and personality functioning with Trait Emotional Intelligence and Ability Emotional Intelligence (Study 3). For ease of Interpretation, OPD-SQ and LPFS-SR scores were reversed so that higher scores indicate higher structural Integration / personality functioning. OPD-SQ = Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis – Structure Questionnaire, LPFS-SR = Level of Personality Functioning Scale – Self-Report, TEIQUE = Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire, STEM = Situational Test of Emotion Management. Error terms are not displayed.