Structural relations between borderline personality disorder features and putative etiological correlates

Authors
Citation
Tj. Trull, Structural relations between borderline personality disorder features and putative etiological correlates, J ABN PSYCH, 110(3), 2001, pp. 471-481
Citations number
72
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN journal
0021843X → ACNP
Volume
110
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
471 - 481
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-843X(200108)110:3<471:SRBBPD>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
This study assessed the structural relations between borderline personality disorder (BPD) features and purported etiological correlates. Approximatel y 5,000 18-year-old nonclinical young adults were screened for BPD features , and 2 cohorts of participants (total N = 421; approximately one half of w hom endorsed significant borderline features) completed the laboratory phas e of the study. Measures included self-report and interview-based assessmen ts of BPD psychopathology, personality, psychopathology in biological paren ts, and childhood physical and sexual abuse. Significant relations between BPD features and purported etiological correlates of BPD were found. A mult ivariate model that included parental psychopathology, childhood abuse, and personality factors provided an adequate fit to the data and supported the contention that the personality traits disinhibition and negative affectiv ity underlie BPD features.