Normative data and factorial structure of the Turkish version of the Borderline Evaluation of Severity over Time (BEST)

Akin, Ercan; KÖSE, ABDÜSSAMED; Ceylan, Vedat; Temel, Gulizer; Turkcapar, Mehmet

doi:10.1080/24750573.2017.1298421

Normative data and factorial structure of the Turkish version of the Borderline Evaluation of Severity over Time (BEST)

Akin E., KÖSE A., Ceylan V., Temel G., Turkcapar M. H.

PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, vol.27, no.2, pp.152-158, 2017 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 27 Issue: 2
Publication Date: 2017
Doi Number: 10.1080/24750573.2017.1298421
Journal Name: PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.152-158
Marmara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Objective: Borderline Personality Disorder is a psychiatric condition, which is characterized by unstable interpersonal relationships, fear of abandonment, difficulties in regulating emotions, feeling of emptiness, chronic dysphoria and depression, and impulsivity and increased risk-taking behaviors. In this study, we aimed to translate and establish psychometric properties and factorial validity of the Borderline Evaluation of Severity over Time (BEST) in a representative Turkish university students sample and obtain normative data for future epidemiological and clinical studies in Turkey.