Psychometric Evaluation of the Borderline Personality Disorder Checklist

IF 2.5 3区医学 Q2 PSYCHIATRY

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research Pub Date : 2025-09-25 DOI:10.1002/mpr.70029

Philippa Lynn Mayer, Anna Lisa Westermair, Nele Assmann, Joos Bloo, Natalia Calvo, Chiara De Panfilis, Eva Fassbinder, Marc Ferrer, Gitta Jacob, Juliette Richetin, Anja Schaich, Emanuele Preti, Jan Philipp Klein, Arnoud Arntz

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Abstract

Background

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a severe and disabling condition. The Borderline Personality Disorder Checklist (BPDCL) was designed to specifically assess the subjective burden of a patient due to BPD symptoms. Various translations have been developed, but an assessment of the psychometric properties of these translations is needed. The aim was to examine the psychometric qualities of the BPDCL across different languages (i.e., Italian, Dutch, German, Spanish, English, and Greek).

Methods

Secondary data was used by reaching out to various researchers, who administered the BPDCL in previous studies. Five studies (N = 3199) conducted in Spain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Australia, England, and Greece, were included in the current data set. The BPDCL was administered to BPD patients (N = 1131), Axis I disorder patients (N = 57), patients with other personality disorders (N = 225), and healthy controls (N = 1786). Item analyses and analyses assessing the known-groups and convergent validity were performed to investigate the psychometric properties of the checklist.

Results

Each version of the BPDCL, differing in language, demonstrated high-reliability coefficients (Cronbach's Alpha ranged from 0.93 to 0.96 and was 0.96 for the entire sample). The correlations between the BPDCL and other instruments, used in the studies, were weak to strong. Correlations greater than 0.55 were observed between the BPDCL and the scales BPDSI, SCL-90 and the BSI. In addition, the BPDCL seems to differentiate well between diagnostic groups. BPD patients scored the highest, followed by patients with other personality disorders, who in turn scored higher than Axis I disorder patients and healthy controls.

Conclusions

In general, the BPDCL possesses good psychometric properties and seems to be an adequate self-report instrument to measure the subjective burden of BPD patients.

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边缘型人格障碍量表的心理测量评估。

背景：边缘型人格障碍（BPD）是一种严重的致残疾病。设计边缘性人格障碍检查表（BPDCL）是为了专门评估患者因BPD症状而产生的主观负担。已经开发了各种翻译，但需要对这些翻译的心理测量特性进行评估。目的是检验不同语言（即意大利语、荷兰语、德语、西班牙语、英语和希腊语）的BPDCL的心理测量质量。方法：通过接触在以前的研究中使用BPDCL的各种研究人员来使用次要数据。在西班牙、德国、意大利、荷兰、澳大利亚、英国和希腊进行的5项研究（N = 3199）被纳入当前的数据集。BPDCL适用于BPD患者（N = 1131）、I轴障碍患者（N = 57）、其他人格障碍患者（N = 225）和健康对照组（N = 1786）。通过项目分析、已知组分析和趋同效度分析来考察量表的心理测量特性。结果：每个版本的BPDCL，不同的语言，表现出高信度系数（Cronbach's Alpha范围为0.93至0.96，整个样本为0.96）。研究中使用的BPDCL和其他仪器之间的相关性从弱到强。BPDCL与BPDSI、SCL-90和BSI量表的相关系数均大于0.55。此外，BPDCL在不同诊断组之间似乎有很好的区别。BPD患者得分最高，其次是其他人格障碍患者，他们的得分又高于轴一障碍患者和健康对照组。结论：总体而言，BPDCL具有良好的心理测量特性，是衡量BPD患者主观负担的一种适当的自我报告工具。

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International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research 医学-精神病学

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5.20

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