Borderline Personality Features and Harmful Dysregulated Behavior: The Mediational Effect of Mindfulness

Wupperman P, Fickling M, Klemanski DH, Berking M, Whitman JB (2013)


Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2013

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Book Volume: 69

Pages Range: 903-911

Journal Issue: 9

DOI: 10.1002/jclp.21969

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Objectives: The current preliminary study investigated whether deficits in mindfulness (awareness, attentiveness, and acceptance of the present experience) may underlie the relationship of borderline personality disorder (BPD) features to self-injury and overall acts of harmful dysregulated behavior. Method: Nonparametric bootstrapping procedures were used to examine theoretical relationships among variables in a psychiatric sample of adults (N = 70). Participants were asked to imagine themselves in distress-inducing situations and then write what they would actually do to decrease distress in such situations. Results: As hypothesized, mindfulness statistically mediated the relationship of BPD features to reported acts of (a) self-injury and (b) overall harmful dysregulated behaviors. Conclusions: Difficulties in the ability to be aware, attentive, and accepting of ongoing experience may play a role in the relationship of BPD features to harmful dysregulated behaviors. Future research should clarify potential reciprocal effects between BPD features and mindfulness with prospective, multioccasion designs. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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APA:

Wupperman, P., Fickling, M., Klemanski, D.H., Berking, M., & Whitman, J.B. (2013). Borderline Personality Features and Harmful Dysregulated Behavior: The Mediational Effect of Mindfulness. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 69(9), 903-911. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.21969

MLA:

Wupperman, Peggilee, et al. "Borderline Personality Features and Harmful Dysregulated Behavior: The Mediational Effect of Mindfulness." Journal of Clinical Psychology 69.9 (2013): 903-911.

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