title: Validation of the MCMI-I Borderline Personality Disorder Scale with a well-defined criterion sample.
abstract: This study examined the MCMI-I BPD scale's accuracy in assigning borderline personality disorder as a primary diagnosis. Clinicians with particular expertise in Axis II pathology diagnosed borderline patients in two groups in this sample. Results indicate that the MCMI-I BPD scale has very limited utility as a screening instrument for individual diagnoses when a well-defined borderline sample is-used as a criterion. This study further suggests that at present only clinicians with particular expertise in the diagnosis of personality disorders can assess the degree and type of Axis II pathology present in a given patient. Because most structured interview and self-report validation studies have not included well-defined criterion groups, diagnostic validity of particular measures generally has not been established beyond the level of concordance.
authors.affiliation: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Patrick
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results