title: [Emotional regulation in aspect of action vs. state orientation, stress and self - injurious behavior among people with borderline personality disorder].
abstract: In the bordeline personality disorder a large role ascribe to biopsychosocial factors. Studies have shown that more than 70% patients BPD reported experiencing traumatic events in childhood. The findings are confirming that making self-harming is a frequent symptom of bordeline disorder and 70-75% patients show at least one act of self-harming. Selfharming can be a reaction to maladaptive emotional regulation. Moreover a lowered tolerance level is characteristic of them to the stress and determined course learning dysfunctional patterns of behavior.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study is to determine the level of emotional regulation through the variable action vs state orientation and to investigate their relation to stress, self-harming and suicidal behavior.
  
  
  METHODS
  In study participated 45 persons with emotionally unstable borderline personality diagnosis. In the group was 33 women and 12 men in age 19-43. A Polish adaptation of standardized questionnaires was used to measure stress and action vs state orientation (SSI-K), self-injurious behavior (SHI) and suicidal tendencies (RFL-I).
  
  
  RESULTS
  By patients with borderline personality disorder the level of action control, reasons for living and stress are predictors of selfharming behavior. The mediation analyze showed, that stress and reasons for living are mediators between action vs. state control and the level of self-harming behavior.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A high level of stress correlates positively with self-harming and negatively with action control in patients with borderline personality disorder, and a high level of reasons for living correlates positively with action control and negatively with self-harming in people with BPD.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Chair of Clinical Psychology and Rehabilitation, Wrocław Faculty.
authors.forename: Sybilla
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Blasczyk-Schiep
authors.affiliation: School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Chair of Clinical Psychology and Rehabilitation, Wrocław Faculty.
authors.forename: Ewelina
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rabska
authors.affiliation: School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Chair of Clinical Psychology and Rehabilitation, Wrocław Faculty.
authors.forename: Paulina
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jaworska-Andryszewska
authors.affiliation: School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Chair of Clinical Psychology and Rehabilitation, Wrocław Faculty.
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Laso
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: borderline personality disorder; reasons for living; self-injurious; stress; suicidal behaviour