title: Personality disorders in a community sample in Turkey: prevalence, associated risk factors, temperament and character dimensions.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Data from Turkey on prevalence of personality disorders (PD) in the normal population are sparse.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The present study conducted in a community sample aimed to investigate personality disorders in terms of prevalence, associated risk factors and personality dimensions.
  
  
  METHODS
  A stratified sampling procedure allowed us to compose a sample consisting of 774 participants residing in Aydin, Turkey. The DSM-IV and ICD-10 Personality Questionnaire (DIP-Q) and the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) were used to assess PDs and personality dimensions, respectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Roughly 20% of the participants received a PD diagnosis. Among the individual PD categories, schizotypal and obsessive-compulsive PDs were the most prevalent diagnoses. Participants with PD were more likely to have lower [corrected] self-directedness and cooperativeness scores. These risk factors and personality dimensions were most strongly associated with the cluster B disorders.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  New versions of the diagnostic systems should include schizotypal, obsessive-compulsive and cluster B PDs as separate diagnostic categories, and impaired self-directedness as well as cooperativeness as a general diagnostic criterion for the sake of backward and forward compatibility of the research in this field.
authors: 1Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Adnan Menderes University, Aydın, Turkey.
authors: Cigdem
authors: C
authors: Dereboy
authors: Halime Senay
authors: HS
authors: Güzel
authors: Ferhan
authors: F
authors: Dereboy
authors: Pinar
authors: P
authors: Okyay
authors: Mehmet
authors: M
authors: Eskin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D002605:Character; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015995:Prevalence; D011594:Psychometrics; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013694:Temperament; D014421:Turkey; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Personality disorder; character; epidemiologic study; temperament