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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 24.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2008 Dec;65(12):1438–1446. doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.65.12.1438

Table 2. Model Fitting Results for Independent Pathway Models for the 10 DSM-IV Personality Disorders.

Common Factors Specifics


Model A C E A C E Δχ2 Δ df AIC
1 IPa 3 3 3 Present Present Present NAb NAb NAb
2 CP NAb NAb NAb Present Present Present 180.0 33 + 114.0
3 IPc 3 0 3 Present Absent Present 40.8 37 −33.2
4 IP 0 3 3 Absent Present Present 144.5 37 + 70.5
5 IP 2 0 3 Present Absent Present 97.9 45 + 7.9
6 IP 3 0 2 Present Absent Present 116.3 45 + 26.3
7 IP 3 0 3 Absent Absent Present 116.6 47 + 22.6

Abbreviations: A, additive genetic effects; AIC, Akaike information criterion; C, shared environment; CP, common pathway; DSM-IV, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fourth Edition); E, unique environment; IP, independent pathway; NA, not applicable.

a

−2lnL = 52783.4; df = 27 783.

b

The common pathway model had a total of 3 common factors, each of which had individual A, C, and E influences.

c

Best-fit model.