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Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2019

Alexander L. Chapman
Alexander L. Chapman*
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Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Author for Correspondence: Alexander L. Chapman, Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, CanadaV5A 1S6; E-mail: chapman_lab@sfu.ca.
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Abstract

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a severe and complex disorder characterized by instability across many life domains, including interpersonal relations, behavior, and emotions. A core feature and contributor to BPD, emotion dysegulation (ED), consists of deficits in the ability to regulate emotions in a manner that allows the individual to pursue important goals or behave effectively in various contexts. Biosocial developmental models of BPD have emphasized a transaction of environmental conditions (e.g., invalidating environments and adverse childhood experiences) with key genetically linked vulnerabilities (e.g., impulsivity and emotional vulnerability) in the development of ED and BPD. Emerging evidence has begun to highlight the complex, heterotypic pathways to the development of BPD, with key heritable vulnerability factors possibly interacting with aspects of the rearing environment to produce worsening ED and an adolescent trajectory consisting of self-damaging behaviors and eventual BPD. Adults with BPD have shown evidence of a variety of cognitive, physiological, and behavioral characteristics of ED. As the precursors to the development of ED and BPD have become clearer, prevention and treatment efforts hold great promise for reducing the long-term suffering, functional impairment, and considerable societal costs associated with BPD.

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borderline personality disorderdevelopmentemotionemotion dysregulation

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Development and Psychopathology , Volume 31 , Special Issue 3: Emotion Dysregulation and Emerging Psychopathology , August 2019 , pp. 1143 - 1156
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