This reprinted article originally appeared in Psychological Assessment, 2005, Vol. 17, (No. 4), 492–496. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2005-16347-014.) The aim of the present study was to investigate the possibility of sex bias in the diagnostic criteria for borderline, schizotypal, avoidant, and obsessive–compulsive personality disorders. A clinical sample of 668 individuals was evaluated for personality disorder criteria using a semistructured interview, and areas of functional impairment were assessed with both self-report and semistructured interview. The authors used a regression model of bias to identify bias as differences in slopes or intercepts between men and women in the relationship between each diagnostic criterion and level of impairment. The results suggest that most of the diagnostic criteria examined do not seem to display sex bias. However, those criteria that displayed evidence of bias came largely from the borderline diagnosis. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) (journal abstract)
- CLPS,
- Collaborative Longitudinal Personality Study,
- Sex Bias,
- Personality Disorder Criteria,
- DSM,
- DSM-IV,
- Axis I,
- Axis II,
- Personality Disorders,
- Borderline,
- Schizotypal,
- Avoidant,
- Obsessive-Compulsive
- Behavioral Disciplines and Activities,
- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms,
- Biological Psychology,
- Clinical Epidemiology,
- Clinical Psychology,
- Cognitive Psychology,
- Mental Disorders,
- Personality and Social Contexts,
- Psychiatry,
- Psychiatry and Psychology,
- Psychological Phenomena and Processes,
- Psychology and
- Quantitative Psychology