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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pers Disord. 2012 Dec;26(6):848–866. doi: 10.1521/pedi.2012.26.6.848

Table 4. Genetic and Environmental Effects for the Latent Factor, Common Effects, and Method-Specific Effects for the Questionnaire and the Interview.

Questionnaire Interview


Personality Disorder Latent Factor Common Effects Method Specific Total Method Specific Total






a2 e2 a2 e2 a2 e2 a2 e2 a2 e2 a2 e2
Antisocial .69 .31 .31 .14 .15 .40 .46 .54 .00 .55 .31 .69
Borderline .67 .33 .32 .16 .14 .38 .46 .54 .00 .52 .32 .68
Histrionic .63 .37 .26 .15 .20 .40 .46 .55 .00 .59 .26 .74
Narcissistic .71 .29 .23 .09 .18 .49 .41 .58 .00 .67 .23 .76

Notes. a2: Squared genetic effects = heritability.

e2: Squared individual-specific environmental effects = % variance resulting from these environmental effects.