Borderline personality disorder: stress reactivity or stress generation? A prospective dimensional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD) often describe their lives as stressful and unpredictable. However, it is unclear whether the adversity faced by those with BPD is a product of stress reactivity or stress generation. Here, we examined the dynamic, prospective associations between BPD and stressful life events over 3 years. Given the heterogeneity present in BPD, we sought to understand which empirically derived dimensions of this heterogeneous disorder explain stress reactivity v. stress generation.

Methods

Participants included 355 individuals diagnosed with BPD and followed longitudinally at three annual assessments. Auto-regressive cross-lagged panel models were used to examine prospective associations between stressful li

SUBMITTER: Allen TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8988096 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature