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ArticleBorderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation2020

A proposed severity classification of borderline symptoms using the borderline symptom list (BSL-23).

Nikolaus Kleindienst, Martin Jungkunz, Martin Bohus

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Article in Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 55 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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55citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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55 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 91 citations in OpenAlex.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Nikolaus KleindienstInstitute of Psychiatric and Psychosomatic Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim, J5, D-68159 Mannheim, Germany / Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, J5, 68159 Mannheim, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1696-2488
Martin JungkunzInstitute of Psychiatric and Psychosomatic Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim, J5, D-68159 Mannheim, Germany / Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, J5, 68159 Mannheim, Germany.
Martin BohusInstitute of Psychiatric and Psychosomatic Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim, J5, D-68159 Mannheim, Germany / Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, J5, 68159 Mannheim, Germany.
Heidelberg University · DE

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft KFO256
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The Borderline Symptom List (BSL-23) is a well-established self-rating instrument to assess the severity of borderline typical psychopathology. However, a classification of severity levels for the BSL-23 is missing. Methods: Data from 1.090 adults were used to develop a severity classification for the Borderline Symptom List (BSL-23). The severity grading was based on the distribution of the BSL-23 in 241 individuals with a diagnosis of BPD. Data from three independent samples were used to validate the previously defined severity grades.These validation samples included a group of treatment seeking patients with a diagnosis of BPD ( Results: Six grades of symptom severity were defined for the BSL-23 mean score: Conclusions: The grades of BPD-specific symptom severity derived from the distribution of the BSL-23 scores received consistent empirical validation from established assessments for psychopathology. Future studies should expand this validation by including additional instruments e.g., to assess self-esteem, loneliness, connectedness, and quality of life.

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PMID32514359
PMCPMC7262769
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