TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Childhood maltreatment and borderline personality disorder: the mediating role of difficulties with emotion regulation
JO  - Journal of personality disorders
A1  - Bertele, Nina
A1  - Talmon, Anat
A1  - Gross, James J.
A1  - Schmahl, Christian
A1  - Schmitz, Marius
A1  - Niedtfeld, Inga
SP  - 264
EP  - 276
VL  - 36
IS  - 3
N2  - Exposure to childhood maltreatment (CM) increases the risk of developing borderline personality disorder (BPD). However, it remains unclear what mechanisms might mediate this link. One candidate of interest is difficulties with emotion regulation. This study aims to examine the pattern of relations among CM, difficulties with emotion regulation, and the risk of developing BPD. A total of 162 individuals diagnosed with current BPD and 162 matched healthy controls completed self-reported questionnaires assessing CM and difficulties with emotion regulation. The authors found high correlations between CM and BPD diagnosis (r =.73, p <.001). Difficulties with emotion regulation were found to mediate the link between CM and BPD diagnosis (p <.001). <br><br>RESULTS suggest that CM may play a key role in the etiology of BPD and that difficulties with emotion regulation might be a mediating component between CM and BPD.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0885-579X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/pedi.2022.36.3.264
ID  - ref1
ER  -