Open AccessBorderline personality disorder: stress reactivity or stress generation? A prospective dimensional study
Author(s) -
Timothy A. Allen,
Alexandre Y. Dombrovski,
Paul H. Soloff,
Michael N. Hallquist
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.857
H-Index - 209
eISSN - 1469-8978
pISSN - 0033-2917
DOI - 10.1017/s003329172000255x
Subject(s) - borderline personality disorder , disinhibition , psychology , affect (linguistics) , clinical psychology , prospective cohort study , personality , psychiatry , medicine , social psychology , communication
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.