THE HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE OF THE DIMENSIONAL ASSESSMENT OF PERSONALITY PATHOLOGY (DAPP-BQ)

Hierarchical personality models have the potential to identify common and specific components of DSM-IV personality disorders (PDs), and may offer a solution for the re-tooling of personality pathology in future versions of the DSM. In this paper, we examined the hierarchical structure of the Dimens...

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Published in:Journal of personality disorders 2011-08, Vol.25 (4), p.504-516
Main Authors: KUSHNER, Shauna C, QUILTY, Lena C, TACKETT, Jennifer L, BAGBY, R. Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Humans
Medical sciences
Personality
Personality disorders
Personality Disorders - classification
Personality Disorders - diagnosis
Personality Inventory - statistics & numerical data
Personality Problems
Psychological tests
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometrics - instrumentation
Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems
Psychopathology
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Regression Analysis
Reproducibility of Results
Surveys and Questionnaires - standards
Techniques and methods
Undergraduate Students
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Summary:Hierarchical personality models have the potential to identify common and specific components of DSM-IV personality disorders (PDs), and may offer a solution for the re-tooling of personality pathology in future versions of the DSM. In this paper, we examined the hierarchical structure of the Dimensional Assessment of Personality Pathology-Basic Questionnaire (DAPP-BQ; Livesley & Jackson, 2009) and the capacity of various trait components at different levels to predict DSM-IV PD symptoms. Participants were 275 psychiatric outpatients and 365 undergraduate students. Goldberg's (2006) bass-ackwards method was used to investigate the hierarchical structure of the DAPP-BQ. The predictive capacity of hierarchy components was assessed. We found that Level 5 of the hierarchy enhanced the capacity of the DAPP-BQ for predicting DSM PD symptoms beyond a four-factor structure, particularly for borderline PD.
ISSN:0885-579X
1943-2763
DOI:10.1521/pedi.2011.25.4.504