title: Sadistic and self-defeating personality disorder criteria in a rural clinic sample.
abstract: A sample of 176 outpatients at a mental health clinic in rural southern Georgia were rated for the presence or absence of the DMS-III-R sadistic and self-defeating personality disorder criteria. On the basis of these ratings, 48 patients met the criteria for sadistic (n = 14) and self-defeating (n = 41). Surprisingly, half of the patients who met the sadistic criteria also fulfilled the self-defeating criteria. A factor analysis failed to divide the criteria cleanly into sadistic and self-defeating subsets.
authors.affiliation: Southwestern State Hospital, Thomasville, Georgia.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Fuller
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Blashfield
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hester
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005845:Georgia; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008398:Masochism / Q000523:psychology; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012424:Rural Population; D012448:Sadism / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept