title: [Personality and personality disorders II. The Specificity of the DAPP-model as a diagnostic system for personality disorders].
abstract: The 'Dimensional Assessment of Personality Pathology - Basic Questionnaire' (DAPP) measures 18 traits to provide a systematic representation of the overall domain of personality disorders (PD). The present study investigated the relationships between DAPP personality profiles and dimensional assessments of DSM-IV PD in general population subjects (n = 156), and a sample of 220 nonpsychotic psychiatric patients (including n = 67 PD patients). Using nonmetric multidimensional scaling models the similarities between the 18 DAPP-factors and the dimensional scores of the 12 DSM-IV PD (inclusive appendix) were graphically represented in a 2-dimensional similarity-system. Here each DSM-IV PD dimension could be described by a distinct profile of DAPP-factors. Overall results support the assumption that PD can be represented by a dimensional system of personality traits with sufficient sensitivity and specificity.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie der Universität zu Köln. Eckhard.Steinmeyer@medizin.uni-koeln.de
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Steinmeyer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Klosterkötter
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Möller
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sass
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Herpertz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Czernik
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Marcea
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Matakas
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mehne
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bottländer
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hesse
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Steinbring
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pukrop
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010551:Personality / Q000145:classification*; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D010556:Personality Tests; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales