TY - JOUR
T1 - Obesity, borderline personality symptomatology, and body image among women in a psychiatric outpatient setting
AU - Sansone, Randy A.
AU - Wiederman, Michael W.
AU - Monteith, Doug
PY - 2001/1/1
Y1 - 2001/1/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Body image
KW - Borderline personality symptomatology
KW - Obesity
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U2 - 10.1002/1098-108X(200101)29:1<76::AID-EAT12>3.0.CO;2-O
DO - 10.1002/1098-108X(200101)29:1<76::AID-EAT12>3.0.CO;2-O
M3 - Article
C2 - 11135337
AN - SCOPUS:0035168197
SN - 0276-3478
VL - 29
SP - 76
EP - 79
JO - International Journal of Eating Disorders
JF - International Journal of Eating Disorders
IS - 1
ER -