scholarly journals Genetic and Environmental Causes of Individual Differences in Borderline Personality Disorder Features and Loneliness are Partially Shared

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 214-220
Author(s):  
Julie Aitken Schermer ◽  
Lucía Colodro-Conde ◽  
Katrina L. Grasby ◽  
Ian B. Hickie ◽  
Jane Burns ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Environmental Correlations ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Environmental Causes ◽  
Variation Explained ◽  
Personality Features ◽  
Borderline Personality Features

AbstractLoneliness is related to mental and somatic health outcomes, including borderline personality disorder. Here, we analyze the sources of variation that are responsible for the relationship between borderline personality features (including four dimensions, affective instability, identity disturbance, negative relationships, self-harm and a total score) and loneliness. Using genetically informative data from two large nonclinical samples of adult twin pairs from Australia and the Netherlands (N = 11,329), we estimate the phenotypic, genetic and environmental correlations between self-reported borderline personality features and loneliness. Individual differences in borderline personality and loneliness were best explained by additive genetic factors with heritability estimates h2 = 41% for the borderline personality total score and h2 = 36% for loneliness, with the remaining variation explained by environmental influences that were not shared by twins from the same pair. Genetic and environmental factors influencing borderline personality (total score and four subscales separately) were also partial causes of loneliness. The correlation between loneliness and the borderline personality total score was rph = .51. The genetic correlation was estimated at rg = .64 and the environmental correlation at re = .40. Our study suggests common etiological factors in loneliness and borderline personality features.

scholarly journals Identity Diffusion as the Organizing Principle of Borderline Personality Traits in Adolescents—A Non-clinical Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrienn Rivnyák ◽  
Melinda Pohárnok ◽  
Bernadette Péley ◽  
András Láng
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Screening Tools ◽  
Potential Candidate ◽  
Identity Diffusion ◽  
Borderline Personality Traits ◽  
Personality Features ◽  
Borderline Personality Features

Growing evidence shows that diagnosing and treating borderline personality disorder (BPD) is of high relevance for affected youths. Although identity crisis is part of the normative developmental process, identity diffusion is a potential candidate for being an appropriate concept in further developing screening tools and interventions for BPD treatment in adolescence. We hypothesized that severity of borderline traits (as indicated by the strength of their associations with identity diffusion) would be negatively associated with non-clinical adolescents' endorsement of borderline features' presence. We also hypothesized that identity diffusion had a central role in the network of borderline personality traits and could be conceived of as a latent organizing principle of borderline personality disorder. In our study, 169 non-clinical adolescents (81 girls and 88 boys; Mage = 15.38; SDage = 1.52) filled out self-report measures of borderline personality features and identity diffusion. According to our results, having strong feelings and interpersonal sensitivity were the two most endorsed borderline personality features. Borderline personality features were positively correlated with identity diffusion. The more severe a borderline personality feature was, the less relevant it was for non-clinical adolescents. According to a network analysis, identity diffusion was the most central and least redundant element of the network of borderline personality traits. Results are discussed from a clinical point of view, further encouraging professionals to use identity diffusion screening tools to detect BPD in adolescence.

Prediction of Treatment Outcome of Adolescents With Borderline Personality Disorder: A 2-Year Follow-Up Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Erik Simonsen ◽  
Martin Vestergaard ◽  
Ole Jakob Storeb⊘ ◽  
Sune Bo ◽  
Mie Sedoc J⊘rgensen
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Outcome ◽  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Oppositional Defiant ◽  
Positive Treatment ◽  
Personality Features ◽  
Borderline Personality Features

This study examined prediction of various clinical outcomes in adolescents with borderline personality disorder (BPD) features. Of the 112 adolescents who participated at baseline, 97 were seen at 2-year follow-up, of which 49 (50.5%) had clinically improved, defined as a decrease in BPD pathology of minimum 12 points on the Borderline Personality Features Scale for Children (BPFS-C). Eighty-one adolescents fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for BPD and scored above clinical cutoff on the BPFS-C at baseline, of which 26 (32%) had remitted at follow-up by self-report on the BPFS-C. Results showed that adolescents with comorbid oppositional defiant disorder at baseline were less likely to have clinically improved or remitted at follow-up. Participants with increased self-reported depression and less exposure to physical abuse at baseline had increased odds of remission. Our findings suggest that more internalizing and less externalizing symptoms increase the odds of positive treatment outcome in adolescents with BPD.

When Trust Does Not Come Easily: Negative Emotional Information Unduly Influences Trustworthiness Appraisals for Individuals With Borderline Personality Features

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 394-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara R. Masland ◽  
Jill M. Hooley
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Undue Influence ◽  
Emotional Information ◽  
Consistent Finding ◽  
Emotional Context ◽  
State Dependent ◽  
Personality Features

Individuals with borderline personality disorder and subclinical borderline features perceive others as untrustworthy (e.g., Fertuck, Grinband, & Stanley, 2013). Trust difficulties may be influenced by emotional state and are formally articulated in the diagnostic criteria for the disorder as temporary state-dependent paranoia. The current study examines the influence of emotional information on trustworthiness appraisals. Seventy-seven community adults, ranging in age from 18 to 70 (M = 31.53, SD = 14.01), with three or more borderline personality disorder symptoms (n = 30) or two or fewer symptoms (n = 47), completed an affective priming paradigm. They were exposed to negative, neutral, or positive information before rating the trustworthiness of unfamiliar faces. Individuals with borderline pathology made more untrusting appraisals regardless of prime, and they were more greatly influenced by negative primes relative to the control group. Findings suggest that biased trustworthiness appraisal is a replicable and consistent finding for individuals with borderline pathology, and that emotional context, even if unrelated to the appraisal at hand, has undue influence.

Examining Moderators and Dyadic Effects of Borderline Personality Features on Mate Retention

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sierra Rufino ◽  
Christopher James Holden
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Relationship Functioning ◽  
Retention Strategies ◽  
Mate Retention ◽  
Relationship Processes ◽  
Personality Features ◽  
Borderline Personality Features ◽  
The Relationship

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is associated with a number of relationship processes. To expand on this, relationship between borderline personality features (BPF; i.e., a non-clinical assessment of BPD) and mate retention was explored. In the first study, we investigated the relationship between BPF, relationship-contingent self-esteem (RCSE), and mate retention behaviors. We also tested whether threat to the relationship moderated this relationship. It was found that borderline traits predicted cost-inflicting mate retention behaviors, whereas RCSE predicted benefit-provisioning mate retention behaviors. In the second study, we explored the dyadic effects of BPF on mate retention strategies across 256 couples. Notably, partner effects emerged for BPF on cost-inflicting behaviors. Together, these studies provide insight to the relationship functioning of those with BPF.

Sub-clinical borderline personality disorder symptoms as predictor of suicidality and non-suicidal self-injury in young Pakistani females

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Gull Zareen ◽  
Farzana Ashraf ◽  
Admin
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Clinical Population ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Self Injury ◽  
Personality Features

Abstract The aim of this study was to determine if suicidal and non-suicidal self-injury can be predicted by the symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and if non-suicidal self-injury predicts suicidality in young adult females. In this cross-sectional study, 150 undergraduate females (mean age 20.47±3.17) were conveniently sampled and assessed on McLean Screening Instrument for Borderline Personality Disorder, Suicidal Behaviour Questionnaire-Revised, and the Inventory of Statements about Self-injury. Borderline Personality features significantly predicted suicidal ideation and behaviour (?=.383, p<.001) and non-suicidal self-injury (?.282, p<.01). Likewise, non-suicidal self-injury was positively associated with suicidality (r =.330, p<.01). Even sub-threshold BPD features in a non-clinical population may be predictive of suicidal and non-suicidal self-injury. Future research should be based on the management and interventional strategies for tested constructs. Further, screening measures need to be introduced to better detect population at risk of subclinical BPD, suicidal ideation and self-injury. Keywords: Suicidal, Self-injury, Continuous...

scholarly journals An Evaluation of Age-Group Latent Mean Differences in Maladaptive Identity in Adolescence

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla Sharp ◽  
Salome Vanwoerden ◽  
Klaus Schmeck ◽  
Marc Birkhölzer ◽  
Kirstin Goth
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Latent Variable ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Dsm 5 ◽  
Latent Mean Differences ◽  
Mean Differences ◽  
Personality Features ◽  
Borderline Personality Features

Little is known about the differences between age groups in maladaptive personality function as denoted in Criterion A of the Alternative Model for Personality Disorder (AMPD) in the DSM-5, which is the entry criterion for diagnosing personality disorder in the upcoming ICD-11. The current study aimed to address this gap by evaluating latent mean age group differences in maladaptive identity, which is one aspect that has been identified as an important feature of maladaptive, general personality function as represented in the DSM-5 and ICD-11. We were also interested whether mean differences would track with mean differences in borderline personality disorder (BPD) features given prior data suggesting that general personality function overlap with the construct of BPD. A community sample of N = 2,381 adolescents, representing a mix of different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, ages 12-18 (M = 14.92, SD = 1.94; 46% male) completed a measure of maladaptive identity. A subset (n = 1,165) completed a measure of borderline personality features. Latent variable modeling was used to evaluate latent mean differences across seven age bands. Results suggested a normative increase in maladaptive identity after age 12, which remained consistent until age 17 when it dropped back to levels observed in 12-year-olds. Maladaptive identity was significantly associated with mean-level increases in borderline personality features, with these constructs becoming more closely associated with increasing age.

Relationships between Individual Differences in Motivation and Borderline Personality Disorder, Psychopathy, and Maladjustment

2013 ◽  
Vol 113 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry C. Bernard
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Self Report ◽  
College Age ◽  
Brief Assessment ◽  
Adult Participants

Two studies investigate relationships between individual differences in motivation and borderline personality disorder, psychopathy, and maladjustment. Participants completed the Brief Assessment of Individual Motives 1–Revised, a measure of 15 putative evolved motives (i.e., “traits of action”). In Study 1, N = 147 adult participants also completed the Borderline Personality Questionnaire and Self-Report Psychopathy III Questionnaire (SRP III). In Study 2, N = 135 college age participants also completed the SRP III and the Counseling Center Assessment of Psychological Symptoms–62. Regression analyses suggested that individual differences in motivational traits account for moderate amounts of variance in measures of antisocial personality disorder, psychopathy, and maladjustment. They also suggested that lower motivation to engage in cooperative behaviors (e.g., sharing resources and forming coalitions) is related to impaired interpersonal relationships and maladjustment.

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