The mediating role of mentalizing capacity between parents and peer attachment and adolescent borderline personality disorder

Abstract The present study analyzes the relationship between maladaptive beliefs, personality traits, and Borderline Personality Disorder symptoms by focusing in the mediating role of beliefs in the prediction between personality and psychiatric disorders. The sample consisted of 823 adults aged between 18 and 39 years (M = 24.09, SD = 4.71), who answered a questionnaire of symptoms and beliefs for Borderline Personality Disorder and Big Five Personality Inventory. The predictive model that fit better to the data indicates Neuroticism and Conscientiousness as predictors of Borderline Personality Disorder symptoms, mediated by maladaptive belief patterns. In this sense, it is possible to conclude that both personality traits and maladaptive beliefs are important for the understanding of Borderline Personality Disorder. The theoretical implications of this result and the limitations of the study are discussed.

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Non-heterosexual identity and substance use disorders: The mediating role of borderline personality disorder features

Drug and Alcohol Dependence ◽

10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.09.218 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 146 ◽

pp. e276-e277

Author(s):

Lauren R. Few ◽

Colleen A. Sloan ◽

Nicholas G. Martin ◽

Timothy J. Trull ◽

Arpana Agrawal ◽

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Keyword(s):

Substance Use ◽

Borderline Personality Disorder ◽

Personality Disorder ◽

Substance Use Disorders ◽

Borderline Personality ◽

Heterosexual Identity ◽

Mediating Role

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Borderline personality disorder traits and suicide risk: The mediating role of insomnia and nightmares

Journal of Affective Disorders ◽

10.1016/j.jad.2018.10.097 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 244 ◽

pp. 85-91 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Hilary L. DeShong ◽

Raymond P. Tucker

Keyword(s):

Borderline Personality Disorder ◽

Personality Disorder ◽

Suicide Risk ◽

Borderline Personality ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Borderline Personality Disorder Traits

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Borderline personality disorder and adolescent suicide attempt: the mediating role of emotional dysregulation

BMC Psychiatry ◽

10.1186/s12888-021-03377-x ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Bojan Mirkovic ◽

Véronique Delvenne ◽

Marion Robin ◽

Alexandra Pham-Scottez ◽

Maurice Corcos ◽

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Keyword(s):

Borderline Personality Disorder ◽

Personality Disorder ◽

Suicide Attempt ◽

Attachment Styles ◽

Emotion Dysregulation ◽

Depressive Disorders ◽

Borderline Personality ◽

Emotional Dysregulation ◽

Mediating Role

Abstract Background Emotional dysregulation seems to be a core feature of Borderline Personality Disorders (BPD). In addition, recent research in the adolescent population has shown that suicidal behaviours have been associated with maladaptive strategies of emotion regulation. Methods This study examined the relative contributions of emotional dysregulation to suicide attempt history in a clinical sample of borderline adolescents. Data were analyzed from 85 participants of the Collaborative European Research Network on Borderline Personality Disorder. Participants completed measures of BPD traits and symptoms, suicide behaviours, emotional dysregulation, attachment styles and lifetime depressive disorders. Results In an SEM model, lifetime depressive disorders and insecure attachment styles have a significant direct effect on lifetime suicide attempt, but only lifetime depressive disorders have an indirect effect through emotion dysregulation. The results suggest that emotional dysregulation has a mediating role in suicide attempts among BPD adolescents. Conclusions These findings call for the development of interventions targeting the role of emotion dysregulation in effectively predicting and preventing suicidality in borderline adolescents.

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