Validation of the Spanish version of the borderline symptom list, short form (BSL-23)
Por:
Soler, J, Vega, D, Feliu-Soler, A, Trujols, J, Soto, A, Elices, M, Ortiz, C, Perez, V, Bohus, M, Pascual, JC
Publicada:
14 may 2013
Resumen:
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.
Filiaciones:
Soler, J:
Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Hosp Santa Creu & St Pau, Serv Psiquiatria, Barcelona 08025, Spain
Ctr Invest Biomed Red Salud Mental CIBERSAM, Madrid, Spain
Vega, D:
Hosp Igualada Consorci Sanitari Anoia, Serv Psiquiatria & Salut Mental, Igualada, Spain
Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Psiquiatria & Med Legal, Unitat Psicol Med, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain
Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Inst Neurociencies, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain
Feliu-Soler, A:
Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Hosp Santa Creu & St Pau, Serv Psiquiatria, Barcelona 08025, Spain
Ctr Invest Biomed Red Salud Mental CIBERSAM, Madrid, Spain
Trujols, J:
Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Hosp Santa Creu & St Pau, Serv Psiquiatria, Barcelona 08025, Spain
Ctr Invest Biomed Red Salud Mental CIBERSAM, Madrid, Spain
Soto, A:
Hosp Igualada Consorci Sanitari Anoia, Serv Psiquiatria & Salut Mental, Igualada, Spain
Elices, M:
Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Hosp Santa Creu & St Pau, Serv Psiquiatria, Barcelona 08025, Spain
Ortiz, C:
Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Hosp Santa Creu & St Pau, Serv Psiquiatria, Barcelona 08025, Spain
Perez, V:
Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Hosp Santa Creu & St Pau, Serv Psiquiatria, Barcelona 08025, Spain
Ctr Invest Biomed Red Salud Mental CIBERSAM, Madrid, Spain
Bohus, M:
Cent Inst Mental Hlth, Dept Psychosomat & Psychotherapy, Mannheim, Germany
Pascual, JC:
Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Hosp Santa Creu & St Pau, Serv Psiquiatria, Barcelona 08025, Spain
Ctr Invest Biomed Red Salud Mental CIBERSAM, Madrid, Spain
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