title: Reliability and validity of a Chinese version of the Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines-Revised.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is the most studied of the axis II disorders. One of the most widely used diagnostic instruments is the Diagnostic Interview for Borderline Patients-Revised (DIB-R). The aim of this study was to test the reliability and validity of DIB-R for use in the Chinese culture.
  
  
  METHODS
  The reliability and validity of the DIB-R Chinese version were assessed in a sample of 236 outpatients with a probable BPD diagnosis. The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Personality Disorders (SCID-II) was used as a standard. Test-retest reliability was tested six months later with 20 patients, and inter-rater reliability was tested on 32 patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The Chinese version of the DIB-R showed good internal global consistency (Cronbach's α of 0.916), good test-retest reliability (Pearson correlation of 0.704), good inter-rater reliability (intra-class correlation coefficient of 0.892 and kappa of 0.861). When compared with the DSM-IV diagnosis as measured by the SCID-II, the DIB-R showed relatively good sensitivity (0.768) and specificity (0.891) at the cutoff of 7, moderate diagnostic convergence (kappa of 0.631), as well as good discriminating validity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Chinese version of the DIB-R has good psychometric properties, which renders it a valuable method for examining the presence, the severity, and component phenotypes of BPD in Chinese samples.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Lanlan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Chenmei
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Jianying
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gunderson
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Kaida
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Freedom
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Zeping
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xiao
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines-Revised (DIB-R); borderline personality disorder; reliability; validity