Table 9 Psychopathological Functioning Levels – Rating Scale (PFL-RS): English schedule
NEGATIVE EMOTIONS | Â | Â | Â |
|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Internal perspective | Â | External perspectivehe |
NEi-1 | Permanently (and/or) in certain situations the individual shows negative or positive emotions which are incongruous for quality and intensity | NEe-1 | Permanently (and/or) in certain situations the individual’ mood (and/or) emotions seem unmodifiable and incongruous for the circumstances |
NEi-2 | The threat to lose his/her individuality is intolerable and generates, even when responding to neutral or positive stimuli, very unstable feelings of distress (and/or) anger (and/or) emptiness | NEe-2 | The threat that his/her individuality is not recognizable is intolerable and generates, even when responding to neutral or positive stimuli, very unstable feelings of distress (and/or) anger (and/or) emptiness |
NEi-3 | The threat represented by his/her own ambivalent aspects is only occasionally tolerable and generates, without modulation, feelings of distress (and/or) anger (and/or) emptiness | NEe-3 | The threat represented by others’ ambivalent aspects is only occasionally tolerable, and generates, without modulation, feelings of distress (and/or) anger (and/or) emptiness |
NEi-4 | The distress produced by his/her own ambivalent aspects is shown as oppositional disavowals (and/or) feelings of emptiness; such a distress can be expressed only in a safe environment | NEe-4 | The distress produced by the contradictory quality of his/her own experiences is grasped only in a safe environment and is shown as oppositional disavowals (and/or) feelings of emptiness |
NEi-5 | Only in confused and threatening situations the distress produced by the individual’s ambivalent aspects is not tolerated and generates oppositional disavowals (and/or) different degrees of feelings of emptiness | NEe-5 | Only in confused and threatening situations produced by ambivalent relational experiences is not tolerated generates oppositional disavowals (and/or) different degrees of feelings of emptiness |
NEi-6 | When facing an excessive involvement in certain existential situations the individual cannot reduce anxiety (and/or) restrains or represses anger (and/or) is insecure of his/herself | NEe-6 | When facing an excessive involvement in certain existential situations the individual cannot reduce anxiety (and/or) restrains or represses anger (and/or) is insecure of others |
NEi-7 | With respect to possible painful (and/or) stressful situations the individual can reduce conveniently his/her distress | NEe-7 | The attention the individual pays to preventing harm (and/or) to the modalities to cope with it does not limit the perception of his/her wellbeing |