Borderline Personality Features Scale for Children (BPFS-C)

Title of the Portuguese Version

Escala de Traços de Personalidade Borderline para Adolescentes

Original Version

Sharp, C., Steinberg, L., Temple, L., & Newlin, E. (2014)

Portuguese Version

Carreiras, D., Loureiro, M., Cunha, M., Sharp, C., & Castilho, P. (2020)

General Description

The BPFS-C is a unidimensional measure with 11 items to assess borderline features in adolescents. The total score is a sum of all items. Items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale from never true (1) to always true (5).

References

  • Carreiras, D., Loureiro, M., Cunha, M., Sharp, C. & Castilho, P. (2020) Validation of the Borderline Personality Features Scale for Children (BPFS-C) and for Parents (BPFS-P) for the Portuguese Population. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 29(11), 3265–3275  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-020-01800-7

  • Crick, N. R., Close, D. M., & Woods, K. (2005). Borderline personality features in childhood: a short-term longitudinal study. Development and Psychopathology, 17, 1051–1070. https://doi. org/10.1017/S0954579414000406.

  • Sharp, C., Steinberg, L., Temple, L., & Newlin, E. (2014). An 11- item measure to assess borderline traits in adolescents: refine- ment of the BPFSC using IRT. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 5(1), 70–78. https://doi.org/10.1037/ per0000057.

Contacts

Diogo Carreiras – diogocarreiras1@gmail.com