Table 8 Psychopathological Functioning Levels – Rating Scale (PFL-RS): English schedule
COMPREHENSION | Â | Â | Â |
|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Internal perspective | Â | External perspective |
COi-1 | The individual confuses one or more personal life experiences with objective data (and/or) refers external events to himself/herself with no reason (and/or) does not follow logical thinking | COe-1 | The subjective representations of others’ certain emotional states (and/or) behaviors are disorganized from a logical standpoint (and/or) critical evidence against such representations or behaviors are ignored (and/or) refused |
COi-2 | The individual cannot understand and describe his/her current emotional state (and/or) behavior but through partial and occasional aspects | COe-2 | The individual cannot understand and describe others’ emotional states (and/or) the motivation of others’ behavior but through partial and occasional aspects |
COi-3 | The individual understands his/her current emotional state (and/or) behavior but he/she cannot understand at the same time those of others | COe-3 | The individual understands others’ current emotional state (and/or) behavior but he/she cannot feel at the same time understood by others |
COi-4 | The individual understands only rationally the situations while conflicting emotions possibly arising from the confrontation are not integrated and perceived as a whole | COe-4 | The individual acts as improperly taking shelter in concrete considerations when coping with the understanding of the conflicting aspects of a certain situation |
COi-5 | The individual does not understand well some defined and specific personal life experiences because he/she erases the different shades of the characteristics (and/or) causes (and/or) effects | COe-5 | The individual does not understand well certain defined and specific signals in the environment because he/she erases the different shades of the characteristics (and/or) causes (and(or) effects |
COi-6 | If difficulties concerning his/her projects arise the individual diminishes their relevance (and/or) prefers to seek pleasure or predominance of other objectives (and/or) renounces to modify them | COe-6 | If difficulties concerning his/her projects arise the individual tends to give up (and/or) to endorse the approval rather than pursue other objectives (and/or) to overestimate or underestimate the environmental conditions |
COi-7 | The individual is aware of the value of his/her projects even when evaluating the eventual negative aspects of the environmental conditions | COe-7 | If difficulties concerning his/her projects arise the individual evaluates the opportunity to face or avoid them with realism and without excessive apprehension or distrust |