title: Factor analyses of the DIB-R in adolescents.
abstract: The goal of this study was to examine the factor structure of the Revised Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines (DIB-R; Zanarini, Gunderson, Franckenburg, & Chauncey, 1989) in a nonpatient sample of 118 adolescents. A principal components factor analysis with a Varimax rotation extracted three factors. A confirmatory factor analysis showed that this three-factor model provided an adequate fit. The first factor, which included depression, anxiety, helplessness/hopelessness, loneliness/emptiness, and also encompassed odd thinking/unusual perceptive experiences and quasi-psychotic experiences, appeared to be centered on painful feelings and dissociative defense. The second factor, labeled "impulsivity," consisted of impulse action patterns, counterdependency, and stormy relationships. This factor seemed to be centered on defensive acting-out. The third factor, called "aggressiveness," consisted of anger, hypomania, devaluation/manipulation/sadism, and demand/entitlement, and might express manic/narcissistic defenses. These analyses suggest that there may be homogeneous components of borderline symptomatology in adolescents that may reflect affective disturbances and defensive mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche en Psychopathologie, Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail, France. chabrol@univ-tlse2.fr
authors.forename: Henri
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chabrol
authors.forename: Annie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Montovany
authors.forename: Stacey
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Callahan
authors.forename: Karine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chouicha
authors.forename: Emmanuelle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ducongé
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics