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Table 1 Search terms used in the electronic database search

From: A systematic review of the factors associated with the course of borderline personality disorder symptoms in adolescence

Key word

Search terms

Borderline personality disorder

Borderline personality disorder OR Borderline states OR Borderline personality symptoms OR Borderline personality features OR Borderline personality features OR BPD OR Borderline

Prospective

Longitudinal OR trajectory* OR prospective OR course OR “time point*” OR follow-up OR “Follow up”

Risk factors

“Risk factor “OR mechan* OR predict* OR precursor OR prodrom OR antecedent OR pathway OR interact* OR “protective factor” OR protective OR moderat* OR mediat*

Adolescence

Adolescence OR adolescents OR adolescent development OR adolescent psychopathology OR teens OR youth