Journal article
A taxometric study of borderline personality disorder
L Rothschild, C Cleland, N Haslam, M Zimmerman
JOURNAL OF ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY | AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC | Published : 2003
Abstract
Taxometric methodology was used to determine whether borderline personality disorder (BPD) represents a taxon that is categorically distinct from normal personality or whether it falls on a dimensional continuum with normality. Two taxometric procedures were used with a sample of 1,389 outpatients assessed for BPD symptoms by semistructured interview. The procedures indicated that BPD does not represent a latent category. Implications are drawn for the conceptualization and etiology of BPD, and for the categorical versus dimensional status of personality disorders in general.
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