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Borderline Personality Disorder: Associations Between Dimensional Personality Profiles and Self-Destructive Behaviors
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Borderline Personality Disorder: Associations Between Dimensional Personality Profiles and Self-Destructive Behaviors

  • Kolbeck, Katharina Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
  • Moritz, Steffen Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
  • Bierbrodt, Julia Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
  • Andreou, Christina Center for Psychotic Disorders, University Psychiatric Clinics, University of Basel, Switzerland.
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  • Journal of Personality Disorders. - Guilford Publications. - 2019, vol. 33, no. 2, p. 249-261
Clinical Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health
English Ongoing research is shifting towards a dimensional understanding of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Aim of this study was to identify personality profiles in BPD that are predictive of self-destructive behaviors. Personality traits were assessed (n = 130) according to the five-factor model of personality (i.e., Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness to Experience, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness) and an additional factor called Risk Preference. Self-destructive behavior parameters such as non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and other borderline typical dyscontrolled behaviors (e.g., drug abuse) were assessed by self-report measures. Canonical correlation analyses demonstrated that Neuroticism, Extraversion, and Conscientiousness are predictors of NSSI. Further, Neuroticism, Agreeableness, and Risk Preference were associated with dyscontrolled behaviors. Our results add further support on personality-relevant self-destructive behaviors in BPD. A combined diagnostic assessment could offer clinically meaningful insights about the causes of self-destruction in BPD to expand current therapeutic repertoires.
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