Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines: Psychometric Properties and Validity

Previous efforts to test the psychometric properties of the Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines (DIB) have been hampered by small and diagnostically restricted contrast groups. The present study samples both inpatients and outpatients and includes both schizophrenic and personality disorder contras...

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Published in:Journal of consulting and clinical psychology 1986-04, Vol.54 (2), p.256-260
Main Authors: Hurt, Stephen W, Clarkin, John F, Koenigsberg, Harold W, Frances, Allen, Nurnberg, H. George
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Behavior
Borderline Personality Disorder - diagnosis
Borderline Personality Disorder - psychology
Borderline States
Female
Human
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Personality
Personality Disorders - diagnosis
Personality Tests
Psychodiagnostic Interview
Psychology
Psychometrics
Social research
Test Validity
Tests
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Summary:Previous efforts to test the psychometric properties of the Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines (DIB) have been hampered by small and diagnostically restricted contrast groups. The present study samples both inpatients and outpatients and includes both schizophrenic and personality disorder contrast groups. The DIB performs well in distinguishing patients with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III; American Psychiatric Association, 1980 ) diagnoses of borderline personality disorder from psychotic inpatients and personality disordered outpatients. However, there is no evidence to support the psychometric rationale for combining the 29 statements used to assess the borderline construct into the five area scores presently utilized in making a DIB borderline diagnosis. We did not replicate a previous discriminant function model and suggest that further improvements in the construct validity of the DIB will require a clearer delineation of the features of the construct as well as additional studies of the psychometric properties of the present instrument.
ISSN:0022-006X
1939-2117
DOI:10.1037/0022-006X.54.2.256