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Table 2 FFBI-SF Items Loadings

From: Psychometric properties of the Persian version of short-form five factor borderline inventory (FFBI-SF)

Subscales

Item Number

Item content

AU

DA

DES

SD

BD

AD

F

DT

DIS

MA

OPP

RA

1

I tend to be quite anxious.

.60 *

           

13

I worry a great deal.

.76 *

           

25

I worry a lot about people leaving me.

.61*

           

37

I worry a lot about things that are out of my control.

.69 *

           

2

I have had quite a few angry outbursts.

 

.67 *

          

14

My anger often feels out of control.

 

.77 *

          

26

My anger at times gets the better of me.

 

.78 *

          

38

My anger has at times gotten me into trouble.

 

.75 *

          

3

I sometimes feel worthless.

  

.65 *

         

15

I have thought about ways to kill myself.

  

.60 *

         

27

I often feel sad.

  

.76 *

         

39

I have thought about suicide since I was a teenager.

  

.55 *

         

4

I can be so different with different people that it’s like I’m not the same person.

   

.38 *

        

16

I can be so different with different people that I wonder who I am.

   

.57 *

        

28

I tend to feel like I don’t belong with anyone.

   

.68 *

        

40

I often feel like an outcast.

   

.72 *

        

5

I frequently have urges to do things that get me into trouble.

    

.43 *

       

17

Sometimes I let myself get swept away by my urges.

    

.59 *

       

29

When I am upset, I often do things that later cause me problems.

    

.49 *

       

41

I have done a lot of things impulsively that I later regret.

    

.72 *

       

6

My emotions can spiral out of control.

     

.47 *

      

18

I don’t seem to have much control over how I feel.

     

.66 *

      

30

My mood shifts rapidly from one feeling to another.

     

.69 *

      

42

I have a difficult time controlling my mood.

     

.71 *

      

7

Harming myself is one of the few ways I can tolerate my emotions.

      

.47 *

     

19

I have threatened to commit suicide.

      

.51 *

     

31

Even minor setbacks can cause a great deal of drama in my life.

      

.65 *

     

43

I don’t think I can continue to live like this

      

.70 *

     

8

I have felt that things were unreal and I was detached from life.

       

.69 *

    

20

Sometimes I feel like I am no longer connected to my body.

       

.50 *

    

32

I sometimes feel like I am not real.

       

.78 *

    

44

I sometimes feel that nothing is real.

       

.77 *

    

9

I am often distrustful of other people.

        

.70 *

   

21

It’s really hard for me to trust people.

        

.72 *

   

33

People are not as loyal to me as I wish they were.

        

.60 *

   

45

I have not been able to trust some of my closest friends.

        

.70 *

   

10

I sometimes do things I shouldn’t to get people to do things I want or need.

         

.55 *

  

22

Other people have called me manipulative.

         

.55 *

  

34

I have been known to massage the truth to get my way.

         

.54 *

  

46

At times you have to be dishonest and manipulative to get what you need.

         

.45 *

  

11

I tend to get into lots of arguments.

          

.43 *

 

23

I will make threats to get people to do things.

          

.49 *

 

35

I often get into arguments with people who are close to me.

          

.64 *

 

47

I am easy to get along with.

          

.12 *

 

12

I get into trouble because I don’t think things through.

           

.66 *

24

I tend to act quickly without thinking things through.

           

.72 *

36

Others have said that I do not think before I act.

           

.74 *

48

I’ve done some pretty bad things on impulse.

           

.60 *

  1. Note. FFBI-SF-SF Five Factor Borderline Inventory - Short Form, AU Anxious Uncertainty, DA Dysregulated Anger, DES Despondence, SD Self-Disturbance, BD Behavioral Dysregulation, AD Affective Dysregulation, F Fragility, DT Dissociative Tendencies, DIS Distrustfulness, MA Manipulativeness, OPP Oppositional, RA Rashness; * = All paths are significant p < .05
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