Journal article
Taxometric Analyses of Borderline Personality Features in a Large-Scale Male and Female Offender Sample
Journal of abnormal psychology (1965), Vol.117(3), pp.705-711
08/2008
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/101594
PMID: 18729624
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.
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- Title
- Taxometric Analyses of Borderline Personality Features in a Large-Scale Male and Female Offender Sample
- Creators
- John F Edens - Department of Psychology, Texas A&M UniversityDavid K Marcus - Department of Psychology, University of Southern MississippiMark A Ruiz - Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida
- Publication Details
- Journal of abnormal psychology (1965), Vol.117(3), pp.705-711
- Academic Unit
- Psychology, Department of
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- Identifiers
- 99900546640001842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article