Thought suppression mediates the relationship between negative affect and borderline personality disorder symptoms

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among negative affect, childhood sexual abuse (CSA), thought suppression, and diagnostic symptoms of borderline personality disorder (BPD) in a community sample ( n = 127 ). Findings suggest that the temperamental variable negative affect in...

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Published in:Behaviour research and therapy 2005-09, Vol.43 (9), p.1173-1185
Main Authors: Rosenthal, M. Zachary, Cheavens, Jennifer S., Lejuez, Carl W., Lynch, Thomas R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Affect
Biological and medical sciences
Borderline personality
Borderline Personality Disorder - psychology
Child abuse & neglect
Child Abuse, Sexual - psychology
Childhood sexual abuse
Cognition & reasoning
Correlation analysis
Emotion
Emotions
Environment
Female
Humans
Male
Medical diagnosis
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Personality disorders
Personality Inventory
Predictive Value of Tests
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Regulation
Sex crimes
Suppression
Thinking
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among negative affect, childhood sexual abuse (CSA), thought suppression, and diagnostic symptoms of borderline personality disorder (BPD) in a community sample ( n = 127 ). Findings suggest that the temperamental variable negative affect intensity/reactivity was a stronger predictor of BPD symptoms than CSA. In addition, results indicated that higher thought suppression mediated the relationship between negative affective intensity/reactivity and BPD symptoms, after controlling for a history of CSA. Overall, findings suggest that (a) negative affectivity may be a better predictor of BPD symptoms than CSA, and (b) chronic efforts to suppress unpleasant thoughts may be a regulation strategy underlying the relationship between intense negative emotions and BPD symptoms.
ISSN:0005-7967
1873-622X
DOI:10.1016/j.brat.2004.08.006