Confirmatory factor analyses of DSM-IV Cluster C personality disorder criteria.
Notwithstanding its research and clinical relevance, the dimensionality and validity of the DSM-IV avoidant, dependent, and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders (PDs) criteria is still a largely unexplored topic. The aim of this study was to test the factor structure for DSM-IV Cluster C PD criteria in a sample of 641 consecutively admitted outpatients. Factor analysis results suggested that avoidant, dependent, and obsessive-compulsive PDs share a common latent dimension, and supported the three-factor structure of both observer and self-report ratings of DSM-IV Cluster C PD criteria. The pattern of factor loadings, however, was different from the one expected according to the DSM-IV classification.
Fossati
Andrea
A
Department of Psychology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy. fossati.andrea@hsr.it
Beauchaine
Theodore P
TP
Grazioli
Federica
F
Borroni
Serena
S
Carretta
Ilaria
I
De Vecchi
Carola
C
Cortinovis
Francesca
F
Danelli
Eleonora
E
Maffei
Cesare
C
D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012649:Self Concept; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires