title: Spending too much: relationships with borderline personality symptomatology.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Few studies have examined spending behaviors in individuals with borderline personality symptomatology (BPS) - the focus of the present study. Method. Summing four cross-sectional samples totaling 1122 consecutive patients being seen in an internal medicine clinic, and using a self-report survey methodology, we examined relationships between excessive spending and BPS, using two measures for this Axis II disorder.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The endorsement of excessive spending demonstrated statistically significant correlations with both measures of BPS (0.40 and 0.49), and individuals who exceeded the established cut-off scores on both measures were statistically significantly more likely to endorse excessive spending.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Excessive spending demonstrates empirical relationships with BPS and appears to be a clinical area of inquiry in BPS regarding self-regulation difficulties.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH 45342, USA. sansone@khnetwork.org
authors.forename: Randy A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Sansone
authors.forename: Michael W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Wiederman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D057566:Self Report; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D055815:Young Adult