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  • Psychology
  • Personality Disorders
  • Psychometrics

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  • Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a complex mental health condition.
  • The Five Factor Model (FFM) provides a framework for understanding personality traits.
  • A valid measure is needed to assess BPD traits within the FFM framework.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To replicate and extend the validation of the Five Factor Borderline Inventory (FFBI).
  • To assess the FFBI's relationship with biosocial risk factors for BPD.
  • To examine the FFBI's association with common BPD-related features and emotional vulnerabilities.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized two independent samples of young adults (N=87, N=85) with a history of nonsuicidal self-injury.
  • Administered the FFBI alongside established measures of the Five Factor Model.
  • Assessed correlations with biosocial risk factors, impulsivity, emotion dysregulation, and BPD features.

Main Results:

  • The FFBI demonstrated strong convergent and discriminant validity within the FFM.
  • FFBI scores significantly correlated with impulsivity, emotion dysregulation, and overall BPD severity.
  • The FFBI also showed associations with early childhood emotional vulnerability, parental invalidation, depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem.

Conclusions:

  • The findings support the FFBI as a psychometrically sound measure for assessing BPD traits.
  • The FFBI effectively captures core aspects of BPD relevant to biosocial theory.
  • This inventory can aid in research and clinical assessment of borderline personality disorder.