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ArticleInternational journal of methods in psychiatric research2025

Psychometric Evaluation of the Borderline Personality Disorder Checklist.

Philippa Lynn Mayer, Anna Lisa Westermair, Nele Assmann, Joos Bloo, Natalia Calvo, Chiara De Panfilis, Eva Fassbinder, Marc Ferrer, Gitta Jacob, Juliette Richetin and 4 more

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Philippa Lynn MayerDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Lübeck University, Lübeck, Germany.ORCID 0009-0004-0191-9534
Anna Lisa WestermairClinical Ethics Unit, University Hospital Basel (USB), University Psychiatric Clinics (UPK) Basel, University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB), Geriatric University Medicine Felix Platter (UAFP), Basel, Switzerland.
Nele AssmannDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Lübeck University, Lübeck, Germany.
Joos BlooDepartment of Clinical Psychological Science, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Natalia CalvoPsychiatry Department, Hospital Universitari Vall D'Hebron, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Barcelona, Spain.
Chiara De PanfilisUnit of Neuroscience, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Personality Disorders Lab, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1907-6702
Eva FassbinderDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
Marc FerrerPsychiatry Department, Hospital Universitari Vall D'Hebron, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Barcelona, Spain.
Gitta JacobDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
Juliette RichetinDepartment of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy.
Anja SchaichDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Lübeck University, Lübeck, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7398-8756
Emanuele PretiDepartment of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy.
Jan Philipp KleinDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Lübeck University, Lübeck, Germany.
Arnoud ArntzDepartment of Clinical Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-7992-2272

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Abstract

backgroundBorderline 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).

methodsSecondary 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.

resultsEach 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.

conclusionsIn 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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Borderline Personality DisorderChecklistPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesPsychometricsAdolescentAdultFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedReproducibility of ResultsYoung Adultborderline personality disorderborderline personality disorder checklistpsychometric validationreliabilityvalidity

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