Body Dysmorphic Disorder in the Perspective of the Alternative DSM-5 Model for Personality Disorder: A Study on Italian Community-Dwelling Women. Issue 12 (December 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Somma, Antonella; Krueger, Robert F.; Markon, Kristian E.; Gialdi, Giulia; Frau, Claudia; Boscaro, Linda; Liberatore, Giada; Fossati, Andrea
• Is Part Of: Journal of nervous and mental disease. Volume 208:Issue 12(2020:Dec.)
• Publication Date: 2020-12
• Subjects: Body dysmorphic disorder -- Alternative DSM-5 Model for Personality Disorder -- Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology -- Personality Inventory for DSM-5 -- Level of Personality Functioning Scale–Brief Form; Neurology -- Periodicals; Psychiatry -- Periodicals; Neurology; Psychiatry; Neurologie; Psychiatrie; Neurology; Psychiatry; Periodicals; 616.8005
• DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000001239
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-3018

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: To evaluate the relationships between body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) and Alternative DSM-5 Model for Personality Disorder (AMPD) criterion A and dysfunctional personality trait ( i.e., criterion B) measures, 420 Italian community-dwelling women were administered three measures of BDD ( i.e., the Body Dysmorphic Disorder Questionnaire, the Body Dysmorphic Disorder–Dimensional Scale, and the Appearance Anxiety Inventory), as well as the Level of Personality Functioning Scale–Brief Form (LPFS-BF) and the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 –Short Form (PID-5-SF). The three BDD measures showed substantial convergent validity correlations and could be reliably cumulated to obtain the BDD Cumulative Index (BDDCI). Several significant, nonnegligible correlations were observed between the BDDCI as well as the LPFS-BF scale scores and PID-5-SF personality trait scale scores. Relative importance weight analysis results showed that LPFS-BF scale scores and PID-5-SF trait scale scores were substantial predictors of the BDDCI scores ( R 2 = 0.42, f 2 = 0.72). In particular, AMPD criterion A impairment in self-functioning and AMPD criterion B depressivity, anhedonia, perseveration, separation insecurity, and cognitive and perceptual dysregulation were core components of the dysfunctional personality profile associated with BDD.