Table 4.
Exploratory Structural Equation Model between Latent Personality Disorders Factor and Latent Dimensions of Externalizing and Internalizing Mental Disorders. Wave 2 NESARCa (n=34,653).
| Variables | Factor 1 (externalizing) |
Factor 2 (internalizing fear) |
Factor 3 (internalizing misery) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DSM-IV Disorders | Estimate (99% C.I.) | Estimate (99% C.I.) | Estimate (99% C.I.) |
| Measurement Model | |||
| Antisocial PD | 0.73* (0.64, 0.82) | 0.16* (0.10, 0.22) | −0.12* (−0.22, −0.01) |
| Alcohol use disorders | 1.23* (1.09, 1.36) | −0.18* (−0.25, −0.11) | −0.001 (−0.002, −0.003) |
| Drug use disorders | 0.98* (0.90, 1.06) | −0.01 (−0.03, 0.01) | 0.04 (−0.03, 0.12) |
| Nicotine dependence | 0.54* (0.50, 0.58) | 0.03 (−0.01, 0.06) | 0.08* (0.03, 0.13) |
| Panic without agoraphobia |
0.10* (0.05, 0.14) | 0.20* (0.16, 0.25) | 0.26* (0.20, 0.33) |
| Panic with agoraphobia | −0.01 (−0.06, 0.04) | 0.79* (0.63, 0.96) | −0.08 (−0.24, 0.08) |
| Social phobia | 0.04 (−0.02, 0.11) | 0.66* (0.55, 0.76) | 0.02 (−0.02, 0.05) |
| Specific phobia | 0.04 (−0.01, 0.09) | 0.38* (0.32, 0.44) | 0.06 (−0.01, 0.12) |
| Generalized anxiety | −0.01 (−0.05, 0.03) | 0.49* (0.41, 0.57) | 0.46* (0.37, 0.55) |
| Major depression | 0.01 (−0.04, 0.04) | −0.01 (−0.03, 0.01) | 1.75* (1.13, 2.37) |
| Dysthymia | −0.01 (−0.05, 0.05) | 0.08 (−0.01, 0.16) | 1.14* (0.90, 1.38) |
| Covariates | |||
| Lifetime Personality Disorder Factor |
Estimate (99% C.I.) | Estimate (99% C.I.) | Estimate (99% C.I.) |
| Latent PD Factor | 0.68* (0.58, 0.77) | 1.62* (1.40, 1.84) | 0.37* (0.29, 0.44) |
a
Adjusted for gender, age, race/ethnicity, and marital status.
*
p < .01; CFI = .96; TLI = .95; RMSEA = .01.