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Obesity, borderline personality symptomatology, and body image among women in a psychiatric outpatient setting
Author(s) -
Sansone Randy A.,
Wiederman Michael W.,
Monteith Doug
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/1098-108x(200101)29:1<76::aid-eat12>3.0.co;2-o
Subject(s) - personality , outpatient clinic , body mass index , psychology , psychiatry , clinical psychology , obesity , personality test , borderline personality disorder , depression (economics) , psychometrics , medicine , test validity , social psychology , economics , macroeconomics
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 = .44, p < .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. © 2000 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Eat Disord 29: 76–79, 2001.