Document Type
Article
Publication Date
August 2004
Journal or Book Title
Journal of Personality Disorders
Volume
18
Issue
4
Abstract
This study sought to investigate the coherence of changes observed in diagnostic criteria for borderline, schizotypal, obsessive-compulsive, and avoidant personality disorders. Five hundred, forty-nine patients were independently evaluated 2 years apart, and correlations of observed changes in each diagnostic criterion with changes in other criteria were examined to determine if there was within-syndrome consistency in these changes. The observed changes in criteria were consistent within syndrome (median alpha = 0.72 across 4 disorders), and reasonably specific to that syndrome relative to the other disorders. The results support the validity of these criterion sets as representing coherent syndromes.
Recommended Citation
Morey, L. C., Skodol, A. E., Grilo, C. M., Sanislow, C. A., Zanarini, M. C., Shea, M. T., Gunderson, J. G., & McGlashan, T. H. (2004). Temporal coherence of criteria for four personality disorders. Journal of Personality Disorders, 18(4), 394-398.
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