Table 4.

Sources of Environmental Influence on DSM-IV Criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder

Criterion	Environmental Influence, %
	Total Environmental Influence	Borderline Personality Disorder Factor	Affective Instability Factor	Interpersonal Factor	Criterion- Specific Factors
1. Avoidance of abandonment	77.7	22.2	0	7.3	70.5
2. Unstable relationships	76.6	22.5	4.1	70.1	3.3
3. Identity disturbance	75.2	24.5	6.3	0.2	69.0
4. Impulsive self-harm	54.9	25.6	1.8	0.3	72.2
5. Suicidal behavior	51.7	54.2	0	1.2	44.6
6. Affective instability	66.4	26.8	42.2	1.8	29.2
7. Feeling of emptiness	62.0	23.5	11.7	0.8	64.0
8. Intense anger	72.4	17.4	11.3	1.6	69.7
9. Paranoid ideation	75.7	25.8	1.8	0.1	72.3