Starcevic, V. (7005374306)V. (7005374306)StarcevicUhlenhuth, E.H. (7006065287)E.H. (7006065287)UhlenhuthFallon, S. (7003964319)S. (7003964319)Fallon2025-07-022025-07-021995https://doi.org/10.1521/pedi.1995.9.3.247https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0029071206&doi=10.1521%2fpedi.1995.9.3.247&partnerID=40&md5=fae2948889ea1cf3c3c7eede1e3068f8https://remedy.med.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/14620Forty-eight patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) were administered the Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire (TPQ), and then they were interviewed by the means of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R Personality Disorders (SCID-II). Agreement between the two instruments about absence of personality disorder (PD) was found in 30 patients. There were only 3 patients who were diagnosed with a PD on the basis of the TPQ scores but did not receive a SCID-II diagnosis of PD. The TPQ appears to have high sensitivity in detecting personality disorders (PDs) among GAD patients and it might be a useful screening instrument for PDs in patients with anxiety disorders in general. The paper also compares results of the two approaches to PD assessment in GAD patients: dimensional, as embodied in the TPQ; and categorical, as represented by the SCID-II and DSM-III-R.