title: Reliability and diagnostic efficiency of the abbreviated-diagnostic interview for borderlines in an adolescent clinical population.
abstract: Examine the reliability as well as the concurrent validity and diagnostic efficiency of the Abbreviated version of the diagnostic interview for borderlines revised (Ab-DIB) as a screening measure of borderline psychopathology in an adolescent clinical population. The Ab-DIB is a DIB-R-derived self-report covering the impulsiveness as well as the affect and cognitive components of the borderline construct. Its administration lasts 10 min. The Ab-DIB was tested on 139 suicidal youths for reliability and concurrent validity against the DIB-R and the Columbia Impairment Scale (CIS). Internal consistencies and test-retest Intra-Class-Correlations ranged from 0.80 to 0.86 and 0.77 to 0.95, respectively. ROC analysis yielded an area under the curve of 0.87 (p < 0.001). Sensitivity was 0.88 and specificity ranged from 0.82 to 0.73 depending on the age-range. Correlation of the Ab-DIB's continuous score with the CIS was 0.42 (p < 0.001). In conclusion, The Ab-DIB's brief duration and psychometric properties suggest its utility in time-limited settings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Fernand Seguin Research Centre, Rivière-des-Prairies Hospital, Université de Montréal, QC, Canada. jmguile@total.net
authors.forename: Jean Marc
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Guilé
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Greenfield
authors.forename: Claude
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Berthiaume
authors.forename: Cimon
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chapdelaine
authors.forename: Lise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bergeron
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D019540:Area Under Curve; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012372:ROC Curve; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires