A CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY OF THE HIGHER-ORDER STRUCTURES UNDERLYING PERSONALITY DISORDERS IN FRENCH-SPEAKING AFRICA AND SWITZERLAND

Most studies about the higher-order dimensions to be considered in order to parsimoniously describe Personality Disorders (PDs) have identified between two and four factors but there is still no consensus about their exact number. In this context, the cultural stability of these structures might be...

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Published in:Journal of personality disorders 2009-04, Vol.23 (2), p.175-186
Main Authors: RIGOZZI, Christine, ROSSIER, Jérome, MBODJI, Mamadou, MEYER DE STADELHOFEN, Franz, MINGA MINGA, David, CAROLINE NG TSEUNG, ONDONGO, Francois, MOHAMED NOURI ROMDHANE, SFAYHI, Nicole, TSOKINI, Dieudonné, VERARDI, Sabrina, DAHOUROU, Donatien, ADJAHOUISSO, Marcel, AH-KION, Jennifer, AMOUSSOU-YEYE, Denis, BARRY, Oumar, BHOWON, Uma, BOUATTA, Cherifa, DOUGOUMALE CISSE, Daouda
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Africa - epidemiology
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anxiety Disorders
Behavior
Biological and medical sciences
Cross Cultural Studies
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Cultural Characteristics
Cultural Context
Cultural Pluralism
Dialect Studies
Dialects
Ethnic Groups
Factor Structure
Female
France - epidemiology
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Minority & ethnic groups
Nosology. Terminology. Diagnostic criteria
Official Languages
Personality
Personality disorders
Personality Disorders - diagnosis
Personality Disorders - ethnology
Personality Inventory - statistics & numerical data
Personality Problems
Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometrics
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Questionnaires
Reference Values
Social Behavior
Techniques and methods
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Summary:Most studies about the higher-order dimensions to be considered in order to parsimoniously describe Personality Disorders (PDs) have identified between two and four factors but there is still no consensus about their exact number. In this context, the cultural stability of these structures might be a criterion to be considered. The aim of this study was to identify stable higher-order structures of PD traits in a French-speaking African and Swiss sample (N = 2,711). All subjects completed the IPDE screening questionnaire. Using Everett's criterion and conducting a series of principal component analyses, a cross-culturally stable two- and four-factor structure were identified, associated with a total congruence coefficient of .98 and .94, respectively, after Procrustes rotation. Moreover, these two structures were also highly replicable across the four African regions considered, North Africa, West Africa, Central Africa, and Mauritius, with a mean total congruence coefficient of .97 and .87, respectively. The four-factor structure presented the advantage of being similar to Livesely's four components and of describing the ten PDs more accurately.
ISSN:0885-579X
1943-2763
DOI:10.1521/pedi.2009.23.2.175