Key result
Borderline personality symptomatology was significantly correlated with body mass index (r = 0.44, p < 0.01) and body image issues among women in a psychiatric outpatient setting.
Why the study?
Is borderline personality symptomatology associated with body weight and body image among women in a psychiatric outpatient setting?
Cross-Sectional (n=48)
No
Is borderline personality symptomatology associated with body weight and body image among women in a psychiatric outpatient setting?
Effect estimate: r = 0.44
p-value: p=< 0.01
In women presenting for psychiatric evaluation, borderline personality symptomatology is significantly associated with higher BMI and body-image issues independent of body size.
May inform psychiatric evaluations; leaves open causality and should not yet change practice.
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 = 0.44, p < 0.01) 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.
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Sansone et al. (2000) conducted a cross-sectional in Psychiatric evaluation (n=48). Borderline personality symptomatology and body weight was evaluated on Correlation between borderline personality symptomatology (PDQ-R scores) and body mass index (BMI) (r = 0.44, p=< 0.01). Borderline personality symptomatology was significantly correlated with body mass index (r = 0.44, p < 0.01) and body image issues among women in a psychiatric outpatient setting.
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