MMPI Characteristics of the DSM-III Borderline Personality Disorder
- 1 February 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Personality Assessment
- Vol. 47 (1) , 50-59
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327752jpa4701_6
Abstract
This study explored the characteristics of the Borderline Personality Disorder classification, specified in DSM-III. MMPI profiles of 29 male veteran inpatients with a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder were compared with the profiles of 26 similar inpatients with diagnoses of other personality disorders. The borderline group had higher elevations (P < 05) on six of the 13 standard MMPI scales. Analyses showed the borderline profiles to be of a significantly higher elevation but no different m either profile shape or dispersion. A discriminant analysis accounted for 43.7% of the variance and correctly classified 78.2% of the patients. Results are discussed in terms of possible explanations for the high F scores of the borderline group. Implications regarding characteristics of the Borderline Personality Disorder are discussed.This publication has 32 references indexed in Scilit:
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