Taxometric Analyses of Borderline Personality Features In a Large-Scale Male and Female Offender Sample
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-1-2008
Department
Psychology
Abstract
Few studies to date have examined the extent to which borderline personality features are best construed as representing an underlying dimension or a discrete class or taxon. The authors conducted taxometric analyses using a large-scale sample of male (n = 787) and female (n = 368) prison inmates who had completed the Personality Assessment Inventory (L. C. Morey, 2007). Analyses based on the 4 subscales of the Borderline Features Scale offered compelling support for a dimensional structure in both the full sample and the female subsample - even after controlling for the potentially confounding effects of negative response distortion. Theoretical and pragmatic implications of these findings are reviewed.
Publication Title
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Volume
117
Issue
3
First Page
705
Last Page
711
Recommended Citation
Edens, J. F.,
Marcus, D. K.,
Ruiz, M. A.
(2008). Taxometric Analyses of Borderline Personality Features In a Large-Scale Male and Female Offender Sample. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 117(3), 705-711.
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