title: Color preferences of borderline patients and of normal controls.
abstract: 20 female patients who met the DSM-III-R criteria for the diagnosis of borderline personality disorder and 23 normal female controls were asked to rank-order eight Lüscher color cards, at first with no specific use for the colors mentioned, then as a color for their own dress or jacket, then for their living room, and then as a color they would like their friend to wear. Very few statistically significant differences (p < .01, 2-tailed) between the groups were found. Borderline patients ranked more favourably than controls the use of black color for their living room (Pearson r = .51) and were less likely to favour grey color for this purpose (r = -.45). When no specific use for colors was mentioned, the borderline patients ranked red more favourably than the control group (r = .47). Within the normal control group, statistically significant differences between the ranks of the same color were noted depending on the particular use of the particular color.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Western Ontario, London Psychiatric Hospital, Canada. zcernovs@julian.uwo.ca
authors.forename: Z Z
authors.initials: ZZ
authors.lastname: Cernovsky
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Fernando
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hussein
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Fernando
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003020:Clothing; D003116:Color; D003118:Color Perception; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007374:Interior Design and Furnishings; D008875:Middle Aged