Using the Structural Analysis of Social Behavior (SASB) to differentiate young adults with borderline personality disorder features

The present experiment investigated the ability of the Structural Analysis of Social Behavior (SASB) Intrex questionnaires to differentiate nonclinica l samples of young adults with features of either borderline personality di sorder (BPD), schizotypal personality disorder (SPD), or no personality dis order (no PD). A number of significant differences were demonstrated on the SASB Intrex questionnaires when comparisons were made between the BPD and no PD samples. These results are consistent with those reported in an earli er investigation of BPD using SASB in a clinical sample. Few differences we re found between the SPD features sample and the other two samples. These r esults are not consistent with previous findings that have differentiated B PD and SPD in clinical samples. The results are discussed in terms of the p ossible implications for SASB to differentiate BPD, the use of nonclinical samples in personality disorder research, and dimensional models for concep tualizing personality disorders.