TY - JOUR
T1 - Validation of the Spanish version of the borderline symptom list, short form (BSL-23)
AU - Soler, Joaquim
AU - Vega, Daniel
AU - Feliu-Soler, Albert
AU - Trujols, Joan
AU - Soto, Ángel
AU - Elices, Matilde
AU - Ortiz, Cristina
AU - Pérez, Víctor
AU - Bohus, Martin
AU - Pascual, Juan Carlos
PY - 2013/5/14
Y1 - 2013/5/14
N2 - Background: The Borderline Symptom List-23 (BSL-23) is a reliable and valid self-report instrument for assessing Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) severity. The psychometric properties of the original version have proven to be adequate. The aim of the present study was to validate the Spanish language version of the BSL-23.Methods: The BSL-23 was administered to 240 subjects with BPD diagnosis. Factor structure, reliability, test-retest stability, convergent validity, and sensitivity to change were analyzed.Results: The Spanish version of the BSL-23 replicates the one-factor structure of the original version. The scale has high reliability (Cronbach's alpha=.949), as well as good test-retest stability, which was checked in a subsample (n=74; r=.734; p<.01). The Spanish BSL-23 shows moderate to high correlations with depressive symptomatology, state and trait anxiety, hostility and impulsivity scores and BPD measures. The Spanish BSL-23 is able to discriminate among different levels of BPD severity and shows satisfactory sensitivity to change after treatment, which was verified by assessing change before and after 12 group sessions of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy in a subgroup of 31 subjects.Conclusions: Similar to the original BSL-23, the Spanish BSL-23 is a reliable and valid instrument for assessing BPD severity and sensitivity to change. © 2013 Soler et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
AB - Background: The Borderline Symptom List-23 (BSL-23) is a reliable and valid self-report instrument for assessing Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) severity. The psychometric properties of the original version have proven to be adequate. The aim of the present study was to validate the Spanish language version of the BSL-23.Methods: The BSL-23 was administered to 240 subjects with BPD diagnosis. Factor structure, reliability, test-retest stability, convergent validity, and sensitivity to change were analyzed.Results: The Spanish version of the BSL-23 replicates the one-factor structure of the original version. The scale has high reliability (Cronbach's alpha=.949), as well as good test-retest stability, which was checked in a subsample (n=74; r=.734; p<.01). The Spanish BSL-23 shows moderate to high correlations with depressive symptomatology, state and trait anxiety, hostility and impulsivity scores and BPD measures. The Spanish BSL-23 is able to discriminate among different levels of BPD severity and shows satisfactory sensitivity to change after treatment, which was verified by assessing change before and after 12 group sessions of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy in a subgroup of 31 subjects.Conclusions: Similar to the original BSL-23, the Spanish BSL-23 is a reliable and valid instrument for assessing BPD severity and sensitivity to change. © 2013 Soler et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
KW - BPD severity
KW - Borderline personality disorder
KW - Borderline symptom list
KW - Instrumental study
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-13-139
DO - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-13-139
M3 - Article
VL - 13
JO - BMC Psychiatry
JF - BMC Psychiatry
SN - 1471-244X
M1 - 139
ER -