title: Emotion dysregulation and impulsivity additively predict borderline personality disorder features in Italian nonclinical adolescents.
abstract: The present study aimed to test if measures of emotion dysregulation and impulsivity additively predicted dimensional scores of borderline personality disorder assessed using the Borderline Personality Disorder Scale of the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-4+ in two independent samples of Italian nonclinical adolescents. Hierarchical regression analyses showed that three dimensions of emotion dysregulation (difficulties controlling impulsive behaviours when distressed, limited access to effective emotional regulation strategies and lack of emotional clarity) were significantly associated with BPD features in both samples. Further, impulsivity scores accounted for a significant amount of additional variance in BPD features above and beyond emotion dysregulation.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Psychology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fossati
authors.forename: Kim L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Gratz
authors.forename: Cesare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Maffei
authors.forename: Serena
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Borroni
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D056348:Emotional Intelligence; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012044:Regression Analysis; D057566:Self Report