TY - JOUR
T1 - Construct validity of the mclean screening instrument for borderline personality disorder in two singaporean samples
AU - Keng, Shian Ling
AU - Lee, Yirong
AU - Drabu, Sukriti
AU - Hong, Ryan Y.
AU - Chee, Cornelia Y.I.
AU - Ho, Cyrus S.H.
AU - Ho, Roger C.M.
N1 - Funding Information:
From the Division of Social Science, Yale–NUS College, Singapore (S.-L K.); Ministry of Social and Family Development, Singapore (Y. L.); Department of Psychology, National University of Singapore (S. D., R. Y. H.); and Department of Psychological Medicine, National University of Singapore (C. Y. I. C., C. S. H. H., R. C. M. H.). This study was funded by a National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Start-Up Grant (R-581-000-153-133) to Dr. Shian-Ling Keng, and an NUS Department of Psychology Thesis Support Fund grant to Yirong Lee. The authors would like to thank all participants who enrolled in this study. The authors would also like to acknowledge the support of the following individuals who provided assistance in the implementation of this study: Chang Yuan Soh, Yun Yi Wong, Jun Xian Tan, and Shermayne Wan Hsuan Soh. This study would not have been possible without support from NUS and the above-mentioned individuals. Address correspondence to Shian-Ling Keng, Yale–NUS College, 16 College Ave. West, #01-220, Singapore 138527. E-mail: [email protected]
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 The Guilford Press.
PY - 2019/8
Y1 - 2019/8
N2 - This study examined the construct validity of the McLean Screening Instrument for Borderline Personality Disorder (MSI-BPD) in a consecutive sample of adult psychiatric patients (n = 128) and a separate sample of undergraduate students (n = 289) in Singapore. Participants were administered the MSI-BPD and other measures assessing related symptoms of BPD. Patients were also administered a semistructured interview by interviewers blind to their MSI-BPD scores. Confirmatory factor analyses revealed a unique three-factor solution, consisting of affect dysregulation, self-disturbances, and behavioral and interpersonal dysregulation. In both samples, the MSI-BPD demonstrated good internal consistency and convergent validity. The measure also showed good discriminant validity and predictive accuracy (AUC =.82), with an optimal cut-off score of 7.5. Overall, the findings suggest that BPD is a valid and coherent clinical construct in Singapore, and point to the need to further clarify the presentation and etiology of BPD in this cultural context.
AB - This study examined the construct validity of the McLean Screening Instrument for Borderline Personality Disorder (MSI-BPD) in a consecutive sample of adult psychiatric patients (n = 128) and a separate sample of undergraduate students (n = 289) in Singapore. Participants were administered the MSI-BPD and other measures assessing related symptoms of BPD. Patients were also administered a semistructured interview by interviewers blind to their MSI-BPD scores. Confirmatory factor analyses revealed a unique three-factor solution, consisting of affect dysregulation, self-disturbances, and behavioral and interpersonal dysregulation. In both samples, the MSI-BPD demonstrated good internal consistency and convergent validity. The measure also showed good discriminant validity and predictive accuracy (AUC =.82), with an optimal cut-off score of 7.5. Overall, the findings suggest that BPD is a valid and coherent clinical construct in Singapore, and point to the need to further clarify the presentation and etiology of BPD in this cultural context.
KW - Assessment
KW - Borderline personality disorder
KW - Construct validity
KW - Factorial validity
KW - Singapore
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85071282241&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1521/pedi_2018_32_352
DO - 10.1521/pedi_2018_32_352
M3 - Article
C2 - 29949444
AN - SCOPUS:85071282241
SN - 0885-579X
VL - 33
SP - 450
EP - 469
JO - Journal of Personality Disorders
JF - Journal of Personality Disorders
IS - 4
ER -
