[Personality and personality disorders II. The Specificity of the DAPP-model as a diagnostic system for personality disorders].
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.
Steinmeyer
E M
EM
Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie der Universität zu Köln. Eckhard.Steinmeyer@medizin.uni-koeln.de
Klosterkötter
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J
Möller
H J
HJ
Sass
H
H
Herpertz
S
S
Czernik
A
A
Marcea
J T
JT
Matakas
F
F
Mehne
J
J
Bottländer
H
H
Hesse
W
W
Steinbring
I
I
Pukrop
R
R
D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010551:Personality / Q000145:classification*; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D010556:Personality Tests; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales