PMID- 12659546
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20030701
LR  - 20220331
IS  - 0885-579X (Print)
IS  - 0885-579X (Linking)
VI  - 17
IP  - 1
DP  - 2003 Feb
TI  - Reliability and validity of the borderline personality disorder severity index.
PG  - 45-59
AB  - The psychometric properties and validity of the Borderline Personality Disorder 
      Severity Index (BPDSI), a semistructured interview assessing the frequency and 
      severity of manifestations of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) during a 
      circumscribed period, were investigated in two studies. In study 1, patients with 
      BPD (n = 15), with other personality disorders (PD; n = 18), and without Axis II 
      disorders (but with Axis I disorders; n = 10) assessed with the SCID were 
      interviewed with the BPDSI (1-yr. version). Patients also filled out a number of 
      questionnaires. A second rater judged taped BPDSI interviews. The BPDSI appeared 
      to yield highly reliable (ICC = .93) and internally consistent (Cronbach's alpha 
      = .85) scores. The BPDSI strongly discriminated BPD patients from other patients, 
      and was not related to other Axis II pathology. Concurrent and construct validity 
      was excellent. In study 2, a version of the BPDSI suitable for use in treatment 
      outcome research was investigated (3-month version) in a sample of 64 BPD 
      patients, 23 Cluster C PD patients, and 20 nonpsychiatric controls. Again, 
      reliability coefficients were excellent (ICC = 0.97; Cronbach's alpha = 0.93), 
      and validity indices were good. Clinical norms were also derived. In a sample of 
      28 BPD patients, the instrument detected improvement during 6 months of 
      psychotherapy.
FAU - Arntz, Arnoud
AU  - Arntz A
AD  - Department of Medical, Clinical and Experimental Psychology, Maastricht 
      University, The Netherlands. Arnoud.Arntz@MP.Unimaas.nl
FAU - van den Hoorn, Marije
AU  - van den Hoorn M
FAU - Cornelis, Jurgen
AU  - Cornelis J
FAU - Verheul, Roel
AU  - Verheul R
FAU - van den Bosch, Wies M C
AU  - van den Bosch WM
FAU - de Bie, Arthur J H T
AU  - de Bie AJ
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Validation Study
PL  - United States
TA  - J Pers Disord
JT  - Journal of personality disorders
JID - 8710838
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Discriminant Analysis
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Interview, Psychological
MH  - Male
MH  - Observer Variation
MH  - Personality Disorders/*diagnosis/epidemiology
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
EDAT- 2003/03/28 05:00
MHDA- 2003/07/02 05:00
CRDT- 2003/03/28 05:00
PHST- 2003/03/28 05:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2003/07/02 05:00 [medline]
PHST- 2003/03/28 05:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1521/pedi.17.1.45.24053 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Pers Disord. 2003 Feb;17(1):45-59. doi: 10.1521/pedi.17.1.45.24053.