@article{ref1,
title="Predicting self-damaging and suicidal behaviors in female borderline patients: reasons for living, coping, and depressive personality disorder",
journal="Journal of personality disorders",
year="2001",
author="Rietdijk, E. A. and van den Bosch, L. M. and Verheul, R. and Koeter, M. W. and Van Den Brink, W.",
volume="15",
number="6",
pages="512-520",
abstract="The aims of this study are to examine (1) whether reasons for living predict self-damaging and suicidal behaviors, (2) the associations of reasons for living with coping strategies and depressive personality disorder (PD), and (3) the unique predictive validity of reasons for living in a multivariate predictor model. Reasons for living (RFL), coping strategies, and depressive personality disorder were measured at baseline in 38 patients who met DSM-IV criteria for borderline personality disorder (BPD). Frequency of self-damaging and suicidal behaviors in the 6-month period following baseline was measured prospectively at 3- and 6-month follow-ups. The RFL has only one subscale that predicts parasuicidal behaviors (i.e. Survival and Coping Beliefs [SCB]). Participants who scored low on this subscale were 6.8 times more likely to exhibit self-damaging and suicidal behaviors in the follow-up period than their high-scoring counter-parts. However, SCB was substantially correlated with the coping strategies &quot;reassuring thoughts,&quot; &quot;active coping,&quot; and &quot;palliative reaction pattern,&quot; as well as with depressive personality traits. In a multivariate model, the predictive power of SCB appeared to be accounted for by reassuring thoughts and depressive PD. Coping scales might be preferable over the RFL as a predictor of self-damaging and suicidal behaviors in borderline patients.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0885-579X",
doi="10.1521/pedi.15.6.512.19188",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/pedi.15.6.512.19188"
}