GENDER STEREOTYPES FOR PROPOSED DSM-IV NEGATIVISTIC, DEPRESSIVE, NARCISSISTIC, AND DEPENDENT PERSONALITY-DISORDERS

Diagnostic criteria for proposed DSM-IV negativistic (Ng), depressive (Ds), narcissistic (Nr), and dependent (Dp) personality disorders (PD) were evaluated for gender stereotype influence. University students ( N = 82, 63 women, 19 men) untrained in diagnosis assigned gender to fo ur vignettes which represented each of the above disorders. Agreement was found in gender assignment for NrPD and DpPD, but not for NgPD or DsPD. NrPD was associated with men (p < .05), while DpPD was associate d with women (p < .05), Students who knew someone like the person desc ribed in the vignette labeled the NrDP as male (p < .05) and the DpPD as female (p < .05). Students who had seen a character like DpPD in a film more often labeled the DpPD vignette as female (p < .005). The pr oposed DSM-TV diagnostic criteria for DsPD and NgPD were not associate d with gender stereotypes.