Zanarini, Mary C., 1946-, Horwood, Jeremy, Wolke, Dieter, Waylen, Andrea, Fitzmaurice, Garrett M., 1962- and Grant, Bridget F.. (2011) Prevalence of DSM-IV borderline personality disorder in two community samples : 6,330 English 11-year-olds and 34,653 American adults. Journal of Personality Disorders, Vol.25 (No.5). pp. 607-619. ISSN 0885-579X

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Abstract

This study had two main objectives. The first was to assess the prevalence of DSM-IV borderline personality disorder and its constituent symptoms in a community sample of late-latency children. The second was to compare these rates to those found in a community sample of American adults. A birth cohort of 6,330 11-year-old children in Bristol, England, was interviewed concerning borderline psychopathology in 2002–2004. A community sample of 34,653 American adults was interviewed about borderline psychopathology in 2004–2005. Rates of chronic emptiness, physically self-damaging acts, and stormy relationships were very similar in both samples (<2% difference). However, a significantly higher percentage of children than adults reported being angry and moody. In contrast, a significantly higher percentage of adults than children reported being paranoid/dissociated, having a serious identity disturbance, being impulsive, and making frantic efforts to avoid abandonment. In addition, a significantly higher percentage of adults than children met DSM-IV criteria for BPD (5.9% vs. 3.2%). Statistically significant but clinically minor gender differences were also found between girls and boys as well as men and women. Taken together, the results of this study suggest that late-latency children are about half as likely as adults to meet DSM-IV criteria for BPD. They also suggest that gender does not play a defining role in symptom expression.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Divisions:	Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Mental Health and Wellbeing Faculty of Science > Psychology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Borderline personality disorder -- Research, Cohort analysis
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Personality Disorders
Publisher:	Guilford Press
ISSN:	0885-579X
Date:	2011
Volume:	Vol.25
Number:	No.5
Page Range:	pp. 607-619
Identification Number:	10.1521/pedi.2011.25.5.607
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/40813

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