This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Reply to article  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citation map  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

A Comparison of Self-report and Interview Measures

Mark Zimmerman; William H. Coryell, MD

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1990;47(6):527-531.

Abstract
• The rapidly expanding empirical study of personality disorders is the result of the publication of operational diagnostic criteria in DSM-III and the development of instruments to assess these criteria. Few researchers have examined the comparability of measures of personality disorders, and to our knowledge there are no studies of the factors associated with discordance between measures. In the present study, 697 relatives of psychiatric patients and healthy controls were interviewed with the Structured Interview for Personality Disorders (SIDP) and completed the Personality Disorders Questionnaire (PDQ). Significantly more individuals had a personality disorder according to the SIDP; however, multiple personality disorders were more frequently diagnosed on the PDQ. Schizotypal, compulsive, dependent, and borderline personality disorders were significantly more frequently diagnosed by the PDQ, whereas the SIDP more frequently diagnosed antisocial and passive-aggressive personality disorder. The corresponding dimensional scores of the two measures were all significantly correlated; however, the concordance for categorical diagnoses was poor. Discrepancies between the PDQ and the SIPD dimensional scores were significantly associated with current level of depressive symptoms and PDQ lie scale scores.

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication July 21, 1989.

Reprint requests to Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa College of Medicine, 500 Newton Rd, Iowa City, IA 52242 (Mr Zimmerman).

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?

THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES

Prevalence of and Gender Differences in Psychiatric Disorders Among Juvenile Delinquents Incarcerated for Nine Months
Karnik et al.
Psychiatr. Serv. 2009;60:838-841.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT  

Convergent and Discriminant Validity of Psychopathy Factors Assessed Via Self-Report: A Comparison of Three Instruments
Benning et al.
Assessment 2005;12:270-289.
ABSTRACT  

Borderline Personality Disorder in Primary Care
Gross et al.
Arch Intern Med 2002;162:53-60.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT  

Personality Dysfunction Among Somatizing Patients
Noyes et al.
Psychosomatics 2001;42:320-329.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT  

The Prevalence of Personality Disorders in a Community Sample
Torgersen et al.
Arch Gen Psychiatry 2001;58:590-596.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT  

A Psychiatric Study of Nonorganic Chronic Headache Patients
Okasha et al.
Psychosomatics 1999;40:233-238.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT  

A Prospective 4- to 5-Year Study of DSM-III-R Hypochondriasis
Barsky et al.
Arch Gen Psychiatry 1998;55:737-744.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT  

Personality Patterns in Patients With Myotonic Dystrophy
Delaporte
Arch Neurol 1998;55:635-640.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT  

Personality Disorders Among Difficult Patients
Schafer and Nowlis
Arch Fam Med 1998;7:126-129.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT  

A Modwied Scoring Algorithm for the PDQ-R: Psychiatric Symptomatology and Substance Use in Adolescents with Personality Disorders
Johnson et al.
Educational and Psychological Measurement 1996;56:76-89.
ABSTRACT  

Differential Heritability of Adult and Juvenile Antisocial Traits
Lyons et al.
Arch Gen Psychiatry 1995;52:906-915.
ABSTRACT  

Personality Disorders and Psychopathologic Symptoms in Patients With Androgenetic Alopecia
Maffei et al.
Arch Dermatol 1994;130:868-872.
ABSTRACT  

Diagnosing Personality Disorders: A Review of Issues and Research Methods
Zimmerman
Arch Gen Psychiatry 1994;51:225-245.
ABSTRACT  

Psychiatric Comorbidity in DSM-III-R Hypochondriasis
Barsky et al.
Arch Gen Psychiatry 1992;49:101-108.
ABSTRACT