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Borderline personality traits and adult attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms: A genetic analysis of comorbidity

Overview of attention for article published in American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric Genetics: The Official Publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics, August 2011
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Title
Borderline personality traits and adult attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms: A genetic analysis of comorbidity
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American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric Genetics: The Official Publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics, August 2011
DOI 10.1002/ajmg.b.31226
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Marijn A. Distel, Angela Carlier, Christel M. Middeldorp, Catherine A. Derom, Gitta H. Lubke, Dorret I. Boomsma

Abstract

Previous research has established the comorbidity of adult Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) with different personality disorders including Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). The association between adult ADHD and BPD has primarily been investigated at the phenotypic level and not yet at the genetic level. The present study investigates the genetic and environmental contributions to the association between borderline personality traits (BPT) and ADHD symptoms in a sample of 7,233 twins and siblings (aged 18-90 years) registered with the Netherlands Twin Register and the East Flanders Prospective Twin Survey (EFPTS) . Participants completed the Conners' Adult ADHD Rating Scales (CAARS-S:SV) and the Personality Assessment Inventory-Borderline Features Scale (PAI-BOR). A bivariate genetic analysis was performed to determine the extent to which genetic and environmental factors influence variation in BPT and ADHD symptoms and the covariance between them. The heritability of BPT and ADHD symptoms was estimated at 45 and 36%, respectively. The remaining variance in BPT and ADHD symptoms was explained by unique environmental influences. The phenotypic correlation between BPT and ADHD symptoms was estimated at r = 0.59, and could be explained for 49% by genetic factors and 51% by environmental factors. The genetic and environmental correlations between BPT and ADHD symptoms were 0.72 and 0.51, respectively. The shared etiology between BPT and ADHD symptoms is thus a likely cause for the comorbidity of the two disorders.

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Country Count As %
Sweden 1 1%
Denmark 1 1%
Canada 1 1%
Australia 1 1%
Unknown 86 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 12 13%
Researcher 11 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 11%
Student > Postgraduate 9 10%
Student > Master 9 10%
Other 20 22%
Unknown 19 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 37 41%
Medicine and Dentistry 11 12%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 6%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 3%
Social Sciences 3 3%
Other 8 9%
Unknown 23 26%
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