
This cross-sectional study examined the associations between neighborhood-level socioeconomic-status (NSES), and psychosocial functioning and personality pathology among 335 adults drawn from the Collaborative Longitudinal Personality Disorders Study. Participants belonged to four personality disorder (PD) diagnostic groups: Avoidant, Borderline, Schizotypal, and Obsessive Compulsive. Global functioning, social adjustment, and PD symptoms were assessed following a minimum two-year period of residential stability. Residence in higher-risk neighborhoods was associated with more PD symptoms and lower levels of functioning and social adjustment. These relationships were consistent after controlling for individual-level socioeconomic-status and ethnicity; however, the positive association between neighborhood-level socio-economic risk and PD symptoms was evident only at higher levels of individual-level socio-economic risk. Our findings identify NSES as a candidate for explaining some of the variability in symptoms and functioning among PD individuals.
- neighborhood- level socioeconomic-status,
- Mental Illness,
- Socioeconomic Status,
- Mental Health,
- Personality Disorders,
- Functioning,
- Psychosocial Functioning,
- Avoidant,
- Borderline,
- Schizotypal,
- and 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