title: Five-factor measure of borderline personality traits.
abstract: This study provides psychometric data for a new self-report measure of borderline personality traits from the perspective of the Five-factor model (FFM) of general personality. Subscales were constructed in an undergraduate sample (n = 109) to assess maladaptive variants of 12 FFM traits (e.g., Affective Dysregulation as a maladaptive variant of FFM Vulnerability). On the basis of data from a second undergraduate sample (n = 111), the Five Factor Borderline Inventory (FFBI) subscales were shown to have good internal consistency, convergent, discriminant, and incremental validity. These psychometric results were replicated in a clinical sample of female residents at a substance abuse treatment facility (n = 94).
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, 116 N. Murray Hall, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA. stephanie.sweatt@gmail.com
authors.forename: Stephanie N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Mullins-Sweatt
authors.forename: Maryanne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Edmundson
authors.forename: Shannon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sauer-Zavala
authors.forename: Donald R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Lynam
authors.forename: Joshua D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Widiger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D059026:Diagnostic Self Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D057566:Self Report