Trull T J, Widiger T A, Frances A
Am J Psychiatry. 1987 Jun;144(6):767-71. doi: 10.1176/ajp.144.6.767.
Avoidant personality disorder was a new addition to DSM-III. Reaction to its inclusion was mixed. Critics cited the lack of empirical data and the overlap with schizoid disorder. The authors consider the overlap and covariation among avoidant, schizoid, and dependent symptoms and diagnoses in a sample of 84 inpatients diagnosed by using a semistructured interview. Items for avoidant disorder covaried with criteria for dependent disorder but not with criteria for schizoid disorder. The authors point out the implications of these results for the revision of DSM-III (DSM-III-R).
回避型人格障碍是《精神疾病诊断与统计手册》第三版（DSM-III）新增的内容。对其纳入该手册的反应不一。批评者指出缺乏实证数据以及它与分裂样人格障碍的重叠之处。作者们在一个由84名住院患者组成的样本中，通过半结构化访谈进行诊断，考察了回避型、分裂样和依赖型症状及诊断之间的重叠和共变情况。回避型障碍的条目与依赖型障碍的标准存在共变，但与分裂样人格障碍的标准不存在共变。作者们指出了这些结果对《精神疾病诊断与统计手册》第三版修订版（DSM-III-R）的意义。
