Table 1.

Description of samples and measures used in the current study

	Size	Population	FFM Measure	BPD measure	Validity Measures
Sample 1	358	undergraduate students	NEO PI-R	SCID-II P/Q	SCID-II P/Q Illicit Drug Use
Sample 2	350	undergraduate students	NEO PI-R	SCID II P/Q PDQ-4+ MSI-BPD	BSI CATS DERS Illicit Drug Use
Sample 3	3127	adult Australian twins	NEO FFI	PAI-BOR
Sample 4	1611	older adult community	NEO PI-R	SIDP-IV	SIDP-IV C-DIS-IV M.I.N.I
Sample 5	107	adult outpatient: general clinical	NEO PI-R	SCID-II	SCID-II BSI Illicit Drug Use
Sample 6	151	adult outpatient: BPD (62%) and MDD/DYS (34%)	NEO PI-R	SIDP-IV PAI-BOR	SIDP-IV

Note: FFM = Five-Factor Model; BPD = Borderline Personality Disorder; MDD/DYS = Major Depressive Disorder/Dysthymia; NEO PI-R = NEO Personality Inventory-Revised; NEO FFI = NEO Five Factor Inventory; SCID-II P/Q – Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis II Personality Disorders – Personality Questionnaire; PDQ-4+ = Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-4+; MSI-BPD = McLean Screening Instrument for Borderline Personality Disorder; SIDP-IV = Structured Interview for DSM-IV Personality; SCID-II = Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis II Personality Disorders; PAI-BOR = Personality Assessment Inventory – Borderline subscale; BSI = Brief Symptom Inventory; CATS = Child Abuse and Trauma Scale; DERS = Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale; C-DIS-IV = Computerized Diagnostic Interview Schedule screener; M.I.N.I. = MINI-International Neuropsychiatric Interview;