Assessment of borderline personality features in population samples: Is the Personality Assessment Inventory–Borderline Features scale measurement invariant across sex and age?

Moor, Marleen H. M. de; Distel, Marijn A.; Trull, Timothy J.; Boomsma, Dorret I.

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“…These two factors explained 50.03% of the total variance. Previous studies that examined the factor structure of borderline personality indicated that the structure of BPD in nonclinical and clinical samples can range from a one-factor to a six-factor [23][24][25][26][27]. In this present study, we found a one-dimensional solution when we examined the factorial structure and the content of the borderline personality by the Turkish BPQ.…”

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Normative data and factorial structure of the Turkish version of the Borderline Personality Questionnaire (Turkish BPQ)

Ceylan

Köse

2017

Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology

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Objective: Borderline personality disorder is a psychiatric condition, which is characterized by unstable interpersonal relationships, fear of abandonment, difficulties in regulating emotions, feeling of emptiness, chronic dysphoria and depression, and impulsivity and increased risktaking behaviors. In this present study, we aimed to translate and establish psychometric properties and factorial validity of the Borderline Personality Questionnaire (BPQ) in a representative Turkish university students sample and obtain normative data for future epidemiological and clinical studies in Turkey. Methods: Participants were 306 (201 females, 105 males) college students at the Hasan Kalyoncu University in Gaziantep, Turkey. The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of Hasan Kalyoncu University. Sociodemographic information of the participants was collected and Turkish BEST, Turkish BPQ, BDI, PBQ, and State-Trait Anxiety scales were administered. All variables were screened for the accuracy of data entry, missing values, and homoscedasticity using SPSS version 23 for Windows. Results: The Cronbach's alpha coefficients for the Turkish BPQ were ranging from 0.46 to 0.81. The lowest alpha coefficient was observed for the Abandonment (0.46). For the whole scale, Cronbach's alpha coefficient was found to be 0.89. The test-retest (at after 1 month) correlation coefficients for Impulsivity, Affective Instability, Abandonment, Relationships, SelfImage, Suicide/Self-Mutilation, Emptiness, Intense Anger, and Quasi-Psychotic States were found to be 0.50, 0.77, 0.40, 0.68, 0.72, 0.48, 0.73, 0.74, and 0.62, respectively. A positive and statistically significant correlation was found between the Turkish BPQ and BEST (r = 0.337, p < .01), BDI (r = 0.375, p < .01), PBQ (r = 0. 322, r < 0.01), State Anxiety (r = 0.299, p < .01), and Trait Anxiety (r = 0.306, p < .01) scales. Principal axis factor analyzes with Promax rotation were performed and two-factor solution that accounted for 50.03% of the variance observed. Conclusions: Our results suggested that Turkish BPQ was a valid and reliable tool with a robust factorial structure to use in clinical population in Turkey. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Normative data and factorial structure of the Turkish version of the Borderline Personality Questionnaire (Turkish BPQ)

Ceylan

Köse

2017

Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology

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“…As a function of gender, some studies find that men score higher than women in BPD traits (Aggen et al, 2009;Trull, 1995), others find that women score higher than men (De Moor et al, 2009;Ekselius, Bodlund, von Knorring, Lindström, & Kullgren, 1996;Lipp, Arnold, & Siddle, 1994;Trull, 1995), while a third group of studies finds no differences (Gardner & Qualter, 2009b;Rawlings et al, 2001). In any case, although some men may score higher in several BPD traits, this does not mean that the prevalence of BPD is higher in men; on the contrary, the rates in clinical samples are two to three times higher in women (Widiger & Trull, 1993).…”

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“…In any case, although some men may score higher in several BPD traits, this does not mean that the prevalence of BPD is higher in men; on the contrary, the rates in clinical samples are two to three times higher in women (Widiger & Trull, 1993). With regard to age, mean levels of BPD traits are more higher in adolescence, and decline with age (Cohen, Crawford, Johnson, & Kasen, 2005;De Moor et al, 2009;Rawlings et al, 2001). Nevertheless, the phenotypic expression of the BPQ traits in nonclinical population and their relationship with gender and age require further research.…”

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“…Similar results are found on analyzing the underlying structure of BPD in nonclinical samples. Thus, research has also found one-dimensional (Aggen et al, 2009;Gardner & Qualter, 2009b;Nestadt et al, 2006), two-dimensional (Poreh et al, 2006;Rawlings et al, 2001), three-dimensional (Leung & Leung, 2009;Taylor & Reeves, 2007) or four-dimensional solutions (De Moor, Distel, Trull, & Boomsma, 2009;Gardner & Qualter, 2009b), or even indeed as many as 6 factors (Jackson & Trull, 2001). In particular, analyzing the dimensional structure of the BPQ subscales, Poreh et al (2006) suggest both a single borderline factor and a two correlated factors called Identity/Interpersonal-or perhaps Negative Affectivity/Interpersonal difficulty-and Impulsiveness.…”

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Borderline Personality Traits in Nonclinical Young Adults

Fonseca‐Pedrero¹,

Paíno²,

Lemos-Giráldez³

et al. 2011

Journal of Personality Disorders

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The main purpose of this study was to explore the dimensionality of the borderline personality disorder in nonclinical young adults by means of the Borderline Personality Questionnaire (BPQ; Poreh et al., 2006). We also studied the phenotypic expression of the borderline personality traits as a function of participants' gender and age, and the relationship between BPQ subscales and measures of depressive symptoms, anxiety, stress, hallucinatory predisposition, and paranoid ideation. The sample comprised 809 young adults, 562 (69.5%) were women, with a mean age of 20.2 years (SD = 2.9). The results indicate that the BPQ self-report has adequate psychometric properties. The levels of internal consistency for the BPQ subscales ranged between .78 and .93. Analysis of the internal structure of the BPQ subscales yielded a one-dimensional solution. In contrast, second-order principal components analysis at the item level yielded a five-dimensional solution. Likewise, statistically significant differences in the mean scores of the borderline personality traits as a function of participants' gender and age were found. The BPQ subscales correlated significantly with measures of depression, anxiety, stress, paranoid ideation, and hallucinatory predisposition. These results help to improve our understanding of the dimensional structure of the borderline personality in the general population. Future research should continue to identify participants who are at risk for the development of borderline personality disorder and facilitating the development of early detection and prevention programs.

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“…The DSM IV-TR makes no statement regarding sex bias among the PDs, but it does suggest that six disorders (antisocial, narcissistic, obsessive-compulsive, paranoid, schizotypal, schizoid) are more prevalent in men, and three others (borderline, histrionic, dependent) occur more in women (Jane et al, 2007). The diagnosis schizoid PD (SPD) is more common in men (Fulton and Winokur, 1993), whereas borderline PD (BPD) is more often diagnosed in women than in men (De Moor et al, 2009). A revised study using the data of over 40,000 individuals of the National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions resulted in a different sex distribution.…”

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Sex Bias in Classifying Borderline and Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Braamhorst

Lobbestael

Emons

et al. 2015

Journal of Nervous &Amp; Mental Disease

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This study investigated sex bias in the classification of borderline and narcissistic personality disorders. A sample of psychologists in training for a post-master degree (N = 180) read brief case histories (male or female version) and made DSM classification. To differentiate sex bias due to sex stereotyping or to base rate variation, we used different case histories, respectively: (1) non-ambiguous case histories with enough criteria of either borderline or narcissistic personality disorder to meet the threshold for classification, and (2) an ambiguous case with subthreshold features of both borderline and narcissistic personality disorder. Results showed significant differences due to sex of the patient in the ambiguous condition. Thus, when the diagnosis is not straightforward, as in the case of mixed subthreshold features, sex bias is present and is influenced by base-rate variation. These findings emphasize the need for caution in classifying personality disorders, especially borderline or narcissistic traits.

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Assessment of borderline personality features in population samples: Is the Personality Assessment Inventory–Borderline Features scale measurement invariant across sex and age?

Cited by 61 publications

References 37 publications

Normative data and factorial structure of the Turkish version of the Borderline Personality Questionnaire (Turkish BPQ)

Normative data and factorial structure of the Turkish version of the Borderline Personality Questionnaire (Turkish BPQ)

Borderline Personality Traits in Nonclinical Young Adults

Sex Bias in Classifying Borderline and Narcissistic Personality Disorder

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