TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychological Test Signs of Borderline Personality Disorder
T2 - A Review of the Empirical Literature
AU - Gartner, John
AU - Hurt, Stephen W.
AU - Gartner, Alison
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2016 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1989/9
Y1 - 1989/9
N2 - Recent empirical work aimed at identifying test signs of borderline personality disorder is reviewed. The review focuses on commonly employed clinical tests, including the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS), the Rorschach, and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPl). Possible test signs ate considered in relation to their sensitivity to and specificity for the diagnosis and in relation to the criteria of DSM-III, which define the disorder. Although consistent patterns of potentially useful test signs have begun to appear, methodological difficulties have hampered any subsequent development of clinically useful indices. Greater attention to sample size and its composition and definition as well as demonstrations of adequate reliability and predictive utility are required for further development of these signs.
AB - Recent empirical work aimed at identifying test signs of borderline personality disorder is reviewed. The review focuses on commonly employed clinical tests, including the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS), the Rorschach, and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPl). Possible test signs ate considered in relation to their sensitivity to and specificity for the diagnosis and in relation to the criteria of DSM-III, which define the disorder. Although consistent patterns of potentially useful test signs have begun to appear, methodological difficulties have hampered any subsequent development of clinically useful indices. Greater attention to sample size and its composition and definition as well as demonstrations of adequate reliability and predictive utility are required for further development of these signs.
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U2 - 10.1207/s15327752jpa5303_1
DO - 10.1207/s15327752jpa5303_1
M3 - Article
C2 - 2674399
AN - SCOPUS:0024342112
SN - 0022-3891
VL - 53
SP - 423
EP - 441
JO - Journal of Personality Assessment
JF - Journal of Personality Assessment
IS - 3
ER -