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1: J Pers Disord. 2004 Dec;18(6):604-10.Click here to read Links

The dimensionality of dependent personality disorder.

Gude T, Hoffart A, Hedley L, Rø Ø.

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

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]