OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among body weight, borderline personality symptomatology, and several measures of body image among women presenting for psychiatric evaluation. METHOD: Forty-eight women in a university-based psychiatric outpatient clinic completed the borderline personality scale of the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-Revised (PDQ-R) and several measures of body image and indicated lifetime prevalence of depression histories. RESULTS: PDQ-R scores correlated (r = 0.44, p < 0.01) with body mass index (BMI). Also, there were significant relationships between PDQ-R scores and measures of body image even after controlling for BMI. DISCUSSION: In a psychiatric outpatient setting, borderline personality symptomatology is associated with higher body weight as well as body-image issues that are not necessarily due to larger body size.
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among body weight, borderline personality symptomatology, and several measures of body image among women presenting for psychiatric evaluation. METHOD: Forty-eight women in a university-based psychiatricoutpatient clinic completed the borderline personality scale of the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-Revised (PDQ-R) and several measures of body image and indicated lifetime prevalence of depression histories. RESULTS: PDQ-R scores correlated (r = 0.44, p < 0.01) with body mass index (BMI). Also, there were significant relationships between PDQ-R scores and measures of body image even after controlling for BMI. DISCUSSION: In a psychiatricoutpatient setting, borderline personality symptomatology is associated with higher body weight as well as body-image issues that are not necessarily due to larger body size.
Authors: Isabella J M Niesten; Esen Karan; Frances R Frankenburg; Garrett M Fitzmaurice; Mary C Zanarini Journal: Personal Ment Health Date: 2013-10-18