Borderline Symptom List - 23.

BSL-23

What it measures

Severity of borderline-specific symptomatology (self-perception, affect regulation, self-destruction, dysphoria, loneliness, intrusions, hostility) - unidimensional

Length and format

23 (short form; from the 95-item BSL). 5-pt Likert (0-4, not at all - very strong) (checklist/symptom inventory)

Language versions

Many: EN, ES, FR, ZH, IT, NL, PT, etc.

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

copyrighted - author permission

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Reference

Bohus, M., et al. (2009). The short version of the Borderline Symptom List (BSL-23): Development and initial data on psychometric properties. Psychopathology, 42(1), 32-39.