Results showed that healthy men exhibited more characteristics of borderline personality disorder than healthy women. Authors hypothesized that labeling processes may be a contributing factor in the overrepresentation of women among patients who received a diagnosis of BPD.

Are there any meaningful clinical differences between men and women who suffer from borderline personality disorder (BPD)? In this edition of The Interface, we discuss the available evidence regarding gender differences in BPD.

Aug 22, 2013 · Though the field historically believed that women suffer from BPD as much as three times the frequency of men, recent research by Grant and colleagues (2008) suggests that men and women show a...

Oct 25, 2023 · Borderline personality disorder (BPD) in men typically presents differently than in women. For instance, men with BPD are likelier to show aggressiveness, intense anger, and impulsivity. Women with BPD are more likely to have abrupt shifts in mood and to engage in self-harming behaviors.

Males with BPD were more likely to present externalizing symptoms (e.g., aggressiveness) and comorbid disorders (e.g., substance use), while females with BPD were more likely to present internalizing symptoms (e.g., affective instability) and comorbid disorders (e.g., mood and …

Jul 14, 2023 · Men and women experience BPD differently from each other. One study found that men with BPD tend to have more explosive behavior than their female counterparts. Additionally, men seek more novelty than women, which may put …

Jan 10, 2025 · A review of 118 papers, published in 2022, acknowledged that the current literature on the differences between males and females with BPD is “fragmented and inconclusive,” but it also found that...

Drawing from a cross-cultural, clinical trial sample, the authors compared female and male BPD subjects (N = 770; 211 male) between the ages of 18 and 65 using diagnostic and self-report data. The authors found that women with BPD have …

Jan 12, 2024 · Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a severe and complex mental disorder that traditionally has been found to be more frequent in the female gender in clinical samples.

DSM-IV-TR states that borderline personality disorder (BPD) is "diagnosed predominantly (about 75%) in females." A 3:1 female to male gender ratio is quite pronounced for a mental disorder and, consequently, has led to speculation about its cause and to some empirical research.