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BPDSI-IV
Borderline Personality Disorder Severity Index (Version IV) - deutsche Fassung
Short abstract
The BPDSI-IV, translated from English into Dutch and then into German, is a semi-structured clinical interview measure that captures specific BPS symptoms of the last three months. It contains in its 70-item version, analogous to the DSM-IV criteria, the nine symptom areas (1) Abandonment, (2) Interpersonal relationships, (3) Identity, (4) Impulsivity, (5) Parasuicidal behavior, (6) Affective instability, (7) Emptiness, (8) Outbursts of anger and (9) Dissociation and paranoid ideation. Reliability: Internal consistency is above alpha = .90 (total score) or between alpha = .49 and .89 (scales). Item intercorrelations of the whole group are higher with r = .33 to .73 than those of BPD patients (r = .22-.52). Validity: High correlations with similar instruments (MSI-BPD, SKID-II) and individual scales of different self-evaluation procedures (e.g. BDI, BSI, FDS), differences between the achieved mean values (BPD > Axis I disorder > without disorder) as well as the change sensitivity could be demonstrated. The one-dimensionality of the method could not be confirmed. Calculations of the scale intercorrelation were heterogeneous. The method has a sensitivity of 94 % and a specificity of 93 %. Standards: Cut-off values are available.
Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID). (2019). Open Test Archive: BPDSI-IV. Borderline Personality Disorder Severity Index (Version IV) - deutsche Fassung. Available at: https://www.testarchiv.eu/en/test/9007150
Citation
Kröger, C., Vonau, M., Kliem, S., Roepke, S., Kosfelder, J. & Arntz, A. (2016). BPDSI-IV. Borderline Personality Disorder Severity Index (Version IV) - deutsche Fassung [Verfahrensdokumentation, Interviewleitfaden deutsch und englisch, Bewertungsbogen]. In Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie (ZPID) (Hrsg.), Open Test Archive. Trier: ZPID.
https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4532
Short information
Short Name BPDSI-IV
English Name Borderline Personality Disorder Severity Index - German version
Authors Kröger, C., Vonau, M., Kliem, S., Roepke, S., Kosfelder, J., Arntz, A.
Published in Test archive 2016
Copyright/Licence Copyright Authors; CC-BY-SA 4.0
Key words Borderline Personality Disorder, Borderline States, Self-Destructive Behavior, Symptoms
Language versions deu eng
Construct Borderline Personality Disorder
Application age BPD patients (18-60 years)
Item number 70 items
Subscales (1) Abandonment, (2) Interpersonal relationships, (3) Identity, (4) Impulsivity, (5) Parasuicidal behavior, (6) Affective instability, (7) Emptiness, (8) Outbursts of anger, (9) Dissociation and paranoid ideation
Application Time ca. 1-1,5 hours
Interpretation time No information.
Internal consistency: Cronbach Alpha = .90 (total score) or Alpha = .49-.89 (scales).
Findings on convergent validity and change sensitivity; Mean differences (BPS > Axis I disorder > without disorder); One-dimensionality disproved; Scale intercorrelation heterogeneous; Sensitivity: 94 %, Specificity: 93 %.
Cut-off values
Applications Psychiatry, Psychotherapy
There is no abstract in English available. Short information about the measure can be found under Overview. More can be found on the German pages.
There is no review in English available. Short information about the measure can be found under Overview. More can be found on the German pages.
First published in
Kröger, C., Vonau, M., Kliem, S., Roepke, S., Kosfelder, J. & Arntz, A. (2016). BPDSI-IV. Borderline Personality Disorder Severity Index - Version IV. In Leibniz-Zentrum für Psychologische Information und Dokumentation (ZPID) (Hrsg.), Elektronisches Testarchiv. Trier: ZPID. https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.455 PSYNDEX Dok.-Nr. 9007150
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Hon. Prof. Dr. Melanie Vonau, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institut für Pädagogische Psychologie, Universitätsplatz 2, D-38106 Braunschweig
Prof. Dr. A. R. Arnoud Arntz, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences Programme group Clinical Psychology, REC G Nieuwe Achtergracht 129, NL-1018 WS Amsterdam, Niederlande
Prof. Dr. Christoph Kröger, Stiftung Universität Hildesheim, Institut für Psychologie, Hochschulambulanz für Forschung und Lehre (Erwachsene), Universitätsplatz 1, D-31141 Hildesheim
Prof. Dr. Sören Kliem, Dipl.-Psych., Ernst-Abbe-Hochschule Jena, Fachbereich Sozialwesen, Carl-Zeiss-Promenade 2, D-07745 Jena
Prof. Dr. Joachim Kosfelder, Dipl.-Psych., Hochschule Düsseldorf - University of Applied Sciences (HSD), Fachbereich Sozial- und Kulturwissenschaften, Münsterstraße 156, Gebäude 3 Etage 2, D-40476 Düsseldorf
Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Röpke, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Oberarzt, Leiter des Bereichs Persönlichkeitsstörungen, Posttraumatische Belastungsstörung sowie der Autismusambulanz, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, D-12200 Berlin