A comparison of clinical and self-report diagnoses of DSM-III personality disorders in 552 patients

This report examines the relationship between clinicians' diagnoses of personality disorder and self-report diagnoses of personality disorder obtained from the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire (PDQ). The results from 552 patients showed general lack of agreement between clinical and self-re...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:Comprehensive psychiatry 1989-03, Vol.30 (2), p.170-178
Hauptverfasser: Hyler, Steven E., Rieder, Ronald O., Williams, Janet B.W., Spitzer, Robert L., Lyons, Michael, Hendler, Judith
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:This report examines the relationship between clinicians' diagnoses of personality disorder and self-report diagnoses of personality disorder obtained from the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire (PDQ). The results from 552 patients showed general lack of agreement between clinical and self-report diagnoses of DSM-III personality diagnoses. The best agreement obtained was for Borderline Personality Disorder: κ = 0.46, and r = .51 for scaled ratings. Possible sources of disagreement including failings of the self-report questionnaire, difficulties in relying upon patients' self-reports, lack of reliability of clinical diagnoses of personality, and possible inherent lack of reliability of several of the DSM-III personality disorders are discussed.
ISSN:0010-440X
1532-8384
DOI:10.1016/0010-440X(89)90070-9