Borderline Personality Disorder in a "Life History Theory" perspective
- "Borderline Personality Disorder" (BPD) is associated with heightened risk for cardiovascular disease and other stress-associated somatic consequences, which is poorly understood in terms of causal mechanisms, such as childhood trauma. Here, we tested the hypothesis suggesting that BPD reflects a fast "Pace-of-Life-Syndrome" (PoLS). Ninety-five women (44 diagnosed with BPD) were recruited to examine psychological correlates of PoLS, including life history features, personality dimensions, aggressiveness, chronic stress, borderline symptom severity, childhood trauma, and allostatic load (AL). In line with expectations, BPD patients had significantly higher scores suggestive of a fast PoLS than controls, they were more aggressive, more burdened with chronic stress and were exposed to more severe childhood adversity. Childhood trauma predicted PoLS, which in turn predicted AL. The present study thus provides direct evidence of psychological and somatic traits associated with the fast end of the PoLS spectrum in females with BPD. Findings are discussed with regard to clinical implications.
| Author: | Benjamin OttoGND, Lisa KokkelinkGND, Martin BrüneORCiDGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:294-87879 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.715153 |
| Parent Title (English): | Frontiers in psychology |
| Subtitle (English): | Evidence for a fast “Pace-of-Life-Syndrome” |
| Publisher: | Frontiers |
| Place of publication: | Lausanne |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2022/03/30 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2021/07/26 |
| Publishing Institution: | Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsbibliothek |
| Tag: | Open Access Fonds aggressiveness; allostatic load; borderline personality disorder; chronic stress; early adversity; life history theory; pace of life; personality traits |
| Volume: | 12 |
| Issue: | Article 715153 |
| First Page: | 715153-1 |
| Last Page: | 715153-9 |
| Note: | Article Processing Charge funded by the Open Access Publication Fund of Ruhr-Universität Bochum. |
| Institutes/Facilities: | LWL-Universitätsklinikum Bochum, Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Präventivmedizin |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | Philosophie und Psychologie / Psychologie |
| open_access (DINI-Set): | open_access |
| Licence (English): |  Creative Commons - CC BY 4.0 - Attribution 4.0 International |
