Obesity, borderline personality symptomatology, and body image among women in a psychiatric outpatient setting.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among body weight, borderline personality symptomatology, and several measures of body image among women presenting for psychiatric evaluation.


METHODS
Forty-eight women in a university-based psychiatric outpatient clinic completed the borderline personality scale of the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-Revised (PDQ-R) and several measures of body image and indicated lifetime prevalence of depression histories.


RESULTS
PDQ-R scores correlated (r = 0.44, p < 0.01) with body mass index (BMI). Also, there were significant relationships between PDQ-R scores and measures of body image even after controlling for BMI.


CONCLUSIONS
In a psychiatric outpatient setting, borderline personality symptomatology is associated with higher body weight as well as body-image issues that are not necessarily due to larger body size.
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Department of Psychiatry, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio, USA.
Wiederman
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D001828:Body Image; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D002032:Bulimia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory