Table 2 Factorial loadings for the 11 BPFSC Items included in the Factor Analysis (n = 145)

1) I feel very lonely

.84

.31

4) I feel that there is something important missing about me, but I don’t know what it is

.81

.43

10) How I feel about myself changes a lot

.78

.40

6) People who were close to me have let me down

.74

.37

7) I go back and forth between different feelings, like being mad or sad or happy

.73

.52

9) I worry that people I care about will leave and not come back

.63

11) Lots of times, my friends and I are really mean to each other

.73

8) I get into trouble because I do things without thinking

.39

.71

5) I'm careless with things that are important to me

.38

.62

2) I want to let some people know how much they've hurt me

.56

.52

3) My feelings are very strong. For instance, when I get mad, I get really really mad. When I get happy, I get really really happy

.46

.46

Eigenvalue

4.68

1.09

% Variance

42.54

9.91