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    J Pers Disord. 2004 Dec;18(6):604-10.

    The dimensionality of dependent personality disorder.

    Gude T, Hoffart A, Hedley L, Rø Ø.

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    Research Institute, Modum Bad, Vikersund, Norway and the Department of Behavioral Sciences in Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway. tore.gude@medisin.uio.no

    Abstract

    The criteria for dependent personality disorder (DPD) in DSM-IV appear to fall into two categories: dependent and attachment behaviors. The relevance of this division was evaluated in a sample of 182 patients admitted to a national Norwegian psychiatric hospital. Principal Components Analysis of all items belonging to the most frequent personality diagnoses revealed six components. The items for DPD formed two components, labeled attachment/abandonment and dependency/incompetence. Two criteria for borderline personality disorder also loaded on the attachment/abandonment component, while six criteria for avoidant personality disorder loaded on the dependency/incompetence component. Early Maladaptive Schemas of abandonment and failure correlated significantly higher with the attachment/abandonment component than with the dependency/incompetence component.

    PMID:
    15615670
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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