TY - JOUR
T1 - Preoccupied attachment and emotional dysregulation
T2 - Specific aspects of borderline personality disorder or general dimensions of personality pathology?
AU - Scott, Lori N.
AU - Kim, Yookyung
AU - Nolf, Kimberly A.
AU - Hallquist, Michael N.
AU - Wright, Aidan G.C.
AU - Stepp, Stephanie D.
AU - Morse, Jennifer Q.
AU - Pilkonis, Paul A.
PY - 2013/8
Y1 - 2013/8
N2 - Emotional dysregulation and impaired attachment are seen by many clinical researchers as central aspects of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Alternatively, these constructs may represent general impairments in personality that are nonspecific to BPD. Using multitraitmultimethod models, the authors examined the strength of associations among preoccupied attachment, difficulties with emotion regulation, BPD features, and features of two other personality disorders (i.e., antisocial and avoidant) in a combined psychiatric outpatient and community sample of adults. Results suggested that preoccupied attachment and difficulties with emotion regulation shared strong positive associations with each other and with each of the selected personality disorders. However, preoccupied attachment and emotional dysregulation were more strongly related to BPD features than to features of other personality disorders. Findings suggest that although impairments in relational and emotional domains may underlie personality pathology in general, preoccupied attachment and emotional dysregulation also have specificity for understanding core difficulties in those with BPD.
AB - Emotional dysregulation and impaired attachment are seen by many clinical researchers as central aspects of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Alternatively, these constructs may represent general impairments in personality that are nonspecific to BPD. Using multitraitmultimethod models, the authors examined the strength of associations among preoccupied attachment, difficulties with emotion regulation, BPD features, and features of two other personality disorders (i.e., antisocial and avoidant) in a combined psychiatric outpatient and community sample of adults. Results suggested that preoccupied attachment and difficulties with emotion regulation shared strong positive associations with each other and with each of the selected personality disorders. However, preoccupied attachment and emotional dysregulation were more strongly related to BPD features than to features of other personality disorders. Findings suggest that although impairments in relational and emotional domains may underlie personality pathology in general, preoccupied attachment and emotional dysregulation also have specificity for understanding core difficulties in those with BPD.
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U2 - 10.1521/pedi_2013_27_099
DO - 10.1521/pedi_2013_27_099
M3 - Article
C2 - 23586934
AN - SCOPUS:84880732303
SN - 0885-579X
VL - 27
SP - 473
EP - 495
JO - Journal of personality disorders
JF - Journal of personality disorders
IS - 4
ER -