Experiential avoidance in participants with borderline personality disorder and other personality disorders.
Adult adversity
Borderline personality disorder
Childhood adversity
Experiential avoidance
Other personality disorder
Temperament
Journal
Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation
ISSN: 2051-6673
Titre abrégé: Borderline Personal Disord Emot Dysregul
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101650634
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
04 Mar 2024
04 Mar 2024
Historique:
received:
09
11
2023
accepted:
03
02
2024
medline:
4
3
2024
pubmed:
4
3
2024
entrez:
3
3
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The present study has descriptive and predictive aims. The descriptive aims were to determine if participants with borderline personality disorder (BPD) reported higher levels of experiential avoidance (EA) than participants with other personality disorders (OPD) as well as determine if non-recovered participants with BPD reported higher levels of EA than participants with BPD who have recovered symptomatically and psychosocially. The predictive aim was to determine if the level of EA reported by participants with BPD was predicted by the severity of aspects of childhood or adult adversity and/or aspects of temperament. The Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale (OASIS) was administered to 248 participants at 24-year follow-up in the McLean Study of Adult Development (MSAD). Adversity and temperament were assessed during index admission using interviews (Revised Childhood Experience Questionnaire [CEQ-R], Adult History Interview [AHI], and the NEO-FFI self-report measure). Participants with BPD reported significantly higher levels of EA than those with OPD. Within the BPD group, non-recovered participants reported significantly higher levels of EA than recovered participants. Severity of childhood sexual abuse and lower levels of extraversion were found to be significant multivariate predictors of levels of EA in those with BPD. Taken together, these results suggest that EA is a serious problem for participants with BPD, particularly those who have not recovered. They also suggest that both the severity of childhood adversity and a temperament marked by lower levels of extroversion are significantly related to levels of EA reported by participants with BPD.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
The present study has descriptive and predictive aims. The descriptive aims were to determine if participants with borderline personality disorder (BPD) reported higher levels of experiential avoidance (EA) than participants with other personality disorders (OPD) as well as determine if non-recovered participants with BPD reported higher levels of EA than participants with BPD who have recovered symptomatically and psychosocially. The predictive aim was to determine if the level of EA reported by participants with BPD was predicted by the severity of aspects of childhood or adult adversity and/or aspects of temperament.
METHODS
METHODS
The Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale (OASIS) was administered to 248 participants at 24-year follow-up in the McLean Study of Adult Development (MSAD). Adversity and temperament were assessed during index admission using interviews (Revised Childhood Experience Questionnaire [CEQ-R], Adult History Interview [AHI], and the NEO-FFI self-report measure).
RESULTS
RESULTS
Participants with BPD reported significantly higher levels of EA than those with OPD. Within the BPD group, non-recovered participants reported significantly higher levels of EA than recovered participants. Severity of childhood sexual abuse and lower levels of extraversion were found to be significant multivariate predictors of levels of EA in those with BPD.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Taken together, these results suggest that EA is a serious problem for participants with BPD, particularly those who have not recovered. They also suggest that both the severity of childhood adversity and a temperament marked by lower levels of extroversion are significantly related to levels of EA reported by participants with BPD.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38433260
doi: 10.1186/s40479-024-00248-1
pii: 10.1186/s40479-024-00248-1
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
6Subventions
Organisme : NIMH NIH HHS
ID : MH47588 and MH62169
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
© 2024. The Author(s).
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