Sex- and Subtype-Related Differences of Personality Disorders (Axis II) and Personality Traits in Persistent ADHD

Christian P. Jacob; Silke Gross-Lesch; Susanne Reichert; Julia Geissler; Thomas Jans; Sarah Kittel-Schneider; Trang T. Nguyen; Marcel Romanos; Andreas Reif; Astrid Dempfle; Klaus Peter Lesch

doi:10.1177/1087054714521293

Sex- and Subtype-Related Differences of Personality Disorders (Axis II) and Personality Traits in Persistent ADHD

Christian P. Jacob
, Silke Gross-Lesch
, Susanne Reichert
, Julia Geissler
, Thomas Jans
, Sarah Kittel-Schneider
, Trang T. Nguyen
, Marcel Romanos
, Andreas Reif
, Astrid Dempfle
, Klaus Peter Lesch

University of Würzburg

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Objective: Despite growing awareness of adult ADHD and its comorbidity with personality disorders (PDs), little is known about sex- and subtype-related differences. Method: In all, 910 patients (452 females, 458 males) affected with persistent adult ADHD were assessed for comorbid PDs with the Structured Clinical Interview of DSM-IV and for personality traits with the revised NEO personality inventory, and the Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire. Results: The most prevalent PDs were narcissistic PD in males and histrionic PD in females. Affected females showed higher Neuroticism, Openness to Experience, and Agreeableness scores as well as Harm Avoidance and Reward Dependence scores. Narcissistic PD and antisocial PD have the highest prevalence in the H-type, while Borderline PD is more frequent in the C-type. Conclusion: Sex- and subtype-related differences in Axis II disorder comorbidity as well as impairment-modifying personality traits have to be taken into account in epidemiological studies of persistent ADHD.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1056-1065
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Attention Disorders
Volume	20
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1087054714521293
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

ADD/ADHD
ADHD Subtypes
Adult ADHD

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Jacob, C. P., Gross-Lesch, S., Reichert, S., Geissler, J., Jans, T., Kittel-Schneider, S., Nguyen, T. T., Romanos, M., Reif, A., Dempfle, A., & Lesch, K. P. (2016). Sex- and Subtype-Related Differences of Personality Disorders (Axis II) and Personality Traits in Persistent ADHD. Journal of Attention Disorders, 20(12), 1056-1065. https://doi.org/10.1177/1087054714521293

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