...Lars Schulze; Gregor Domes; Dürken Köppen; Sabine C. Herpertz Background: Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is commonly proposed to be characterized by an enhanced sensitivity for emotional stimuli. In the present study, we investigated whether BPD patients show a superior detection...

... and validity indicators are determined in a heterogeneous outpatient sample (n = 230). Results: The values of internal consistency and the validity indicators turned out to be in the expected range. The area under the curve was low, at 0.67. Using the cutoff point of 4, sensitivity (80%) and specificity (46...

... emerged on a par with the AUC = 0.90 of the MSI-BPD. As required, analyses for both measures revealed equal and high values for sensitivity, as well as corresponding low negative predictive values. There was, however, a lower degree of specificity on the ED Scale as compared to the MSI-BPD. Conclusion...