title: Development of the self-report version of the Zanarini Rating Scale for Borderline Personality Disorder.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of the self-report version of the Zanarini Rating Scale for Borderline Personality Disorder (ZAN-BPD). The measure covers a 1-week time frame, and each of the nine criteria for BPD is rated on a five-point anchored rating scale of 0-4. Seventy-five subjects meeting DSM-IV criteria for BPD were recruited from the community. The convergent validity of the interview and self-report versions of the ZAN-BPD was found to be high (with a median value of 0.70). In terms of reliability, the internal consistency of the nine criteria scores of the ZAN-BPD was found to be good (Cronbach's alpha = 0.84). In addition, 13 of 14 intraclass correlations for same-day test-retest reliability were in the excellent range (> 0.75). Finally, the sensitivity of both versions of the ZAN-BPD to change was assessed 7-10 days after they were first administered and found to be adequate (e.g. r = 0.66 for total score of ZAN-BPD). Taken together, the results of this study suggest that the self-report ZAN-BPD is a promising self-report scale for the assessment of change in the severity of borderline psychopathology over time.
authors.affiliation: McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, 02478, USA.|Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Mary C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Zanarini
authors.affiliation: Private practice, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Jolie L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Weingeroff
authors.affiliation: McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, 02478, USA.|Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
authors.forename: Frances R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Frankenburg
authors.affiliation: McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, 02478, USA.|Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Garrett M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Fitzmaurice
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008609:Mental Status Schedule; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D057566:Self Report; D055815:Young Adult