Borderline personality disorder symptom networks across adolescent and adult clinical samples: examining symptom centrality and replicability.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Numerous theories posit different core features to borderline personality disorder (BPD). Recent advances in network analysis provide a method of examining the relative centrality of BPD symptoms, as well as examine the replicability of findings across samples. Additionally, despite the increase in research supporting the validity of BPD in adolescents, clinicians are reluctant to diagnose BPD in adolescents. Establishing the replicability of the syndrome across adolescents and adults informs clinical practice and research. This study examined the stability of BPD symptom networks and centrality of symptoms across samples varying in age and clinical characteristics.

Methods

Cross-sectional analyses of BPD symptoms from semi-structured diagnostic interviews from th

SUBMITTER: Peters JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9339041 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature