Citation

Sansone RA, Chu JW, Wiederman MW, Lam C. Eat. Weight Disord. 2011; 16(2): e81-85.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/BF03325313

PMID

21989102

Abstract

According to the empirical literature, there are high rates of borderline personality disorder (BPD) among individuals with formal diagnoses of eating disorders, and high rates of eating disorders among individuals with BPD. In this study, we examined relationships between three eating disorder symptoms (i.e., binge eating, starving oneself, abusing laxatives) and borderline personality symptomatology according to two self-report measures (the borderline personality scale of the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-4 and the Self- Harm Inventory) in a sample of psychiatric inpatients (N=126) and in a sample of internal medicine outpatients (N=419). Each individual eating disorder item, as well as a composite score of all three items, demonstrated statistically significant correlations with both measures of borderline personality symptomatology in both samples. In addition, endorsement of all three symptoms was invariably associated with borderline personality symptomatology on both measures. Specific eating disorder symptoms, alone, may predict for borderline personality symptomatology.

Language: en

Keywords

Humans; Adult; Aged; Female; Male; Middle Aged; Adolescent; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Comorbidity; Surveys and Questionnaires; Personality Inventory; Personality; Borderline Personality Disorder; Feeding and Eating Disorders