Personality disorder and its influencing factors among college students

ObjectiveTo explore the prevalence of personality disorder and its influencing factors among university students and to provide evidence for early intervention.MethodsStratified random proportional sampling was used to select 1 745 students for the survey.Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-4th vision(PDQ-4)and version 3.0 of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview of World Health Organization(WHO-CIDI-3.0)were applied with a self-administered questionnaire investigation and face-to-face standardized interview.ResultsThe positive rate of personality disorder was 4.58%.The influencing factors of personality disorder were family background,childhood environment,and degrees of social support in single factor analysis.Based on logistic analyses,risk factors for personality disorder were parents'bad psychologic status(odds ratio〔OR〕=3.165,P<0.01),high frequency of conflict in the family(OR=5.232,P<0.05) quarrel between parents(OR=0.049,P<0.05),fathers'suicide history(OR=7.730,P<0.05),and bad internal self-evaluation(OR=3.094,P<0.01).ConclusionPositive rate of personality disorder in university students is high.Family background,childhood environment,degrees of social support are influencing factors of personality disorder.