Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 41, Issue 6 , Pages 432-437, November 2000

What dimensions underlie cluster B personality disorders?

From the Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal; and Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Abstract 

This report presents a conceptual model of the relationships between personality dimensions and the four personality disorders listed in the B cluster on axis II. The hypothesis will be developed that while impulsivity is the common dimension underlying all four disorders, differences between the categories reflect the severity of impulsive traits, interactions with other personality dimensions, the effects of gender, and the influence of culture. Clinical and research implications of the model are then described.

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PII: S0010-440X(00)99737-2

doi:10.1053/comp.2000.16563

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 41, Issue 6 , Pages 432-437, November 2000

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