Emotion dysregulation and trait anger sequentially mediate the association between borderline personality disorder and aggression

Emotion dysregulation and trait anger are seen as central aspects of aggression in borderline personality disorder (BPD); their interplay in aggression of BPD, however, remains unclear. Using a cross-sectional design, we conducted a mediation analysis in a well-characterized sample of female and mal...

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Hauptverfasser: Mancke, Falk (VerfasserIn) , Herpertz, Sabine (VerfasserIn) , Kleindienst, Nikolaus (VerfasserIn) , Bertsch, Katja (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2017
In: Journal of personality disorders
Year: 2017, Jahrgang: 31, Heft: 2, Pages: 256-272
ISSN:1943-2763
DOI:10.1521/pedi_2016_30_247
Online-Zugang:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/pedi_2016_30_247
Verlag, Volltext: https://guilfordjournals-com.ezproxy.medma.uni-heidelberg.de/doi/10.1521/pedi_2016_30_247
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Verfasserangaben:Falk Mancke, MD, Sabine C. Herpertz, MD, Nikolaus Kleindienst, PhD, and Katja Bertsch, PhD
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Zusammenfassung:Emotion dysregulation and trait anger are seen as central aspects of aggression in borderline personality disorder (BPD); their interplay in aggression of BPD, however, remains unclear. Using a cross-sectional design, we conducted a mediation analysis in a well-characterized sample of female and male BPD patients (n = 95). We found that emotion dysregulation and trait anger sequentially mediate the association between BPD and aggression. In accordance with major theories of BPD, emotion dysregulation may thus constitute an underlying factor that gives rise to anger and in turn to aggression in BPD. These findings may help to develop mechanism-based anti-aggressive interventions for patients with BPD, which should target emotion dysregulation and anger proneness.
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ISSN:1943-2763
DOI:10.1521/pedi_2016_30_247