Borderline personality disorder symptom networks across adolescent and adult clinical samples: examining symptom centrality and replicability.
Jessica R PetersMichael L CroweTheresa MorganMark ZimmermanCarla SharpCarlos M GriloCharles A SanislowM Tracie SheaMary C ZanariniThomas H McGlashanLeslie C MoreyAndrew E SkodolShirley YenPublished in: Psychological medicine (2022)
Findings highlight the relative importance of affective, identity, and relationship symptoms, consistent with several leading theories of BPD. The network structure of BPD symptoms appears generally replicable across multiple large samples including adolescents and adults, providing further support for the validity of the diagnosis across these developmental phases.