title: The buffer role of meaning in life in hopelessness in women with borderline personality disorders.
abstract: Meaning in life has been found to be a protective factor against suicidal ideation. The aim of this study was to investigate whether meaning in life can moderate and buffer the association between suicide risk factors and hopelessness in women with borderline personality disorders. One hundred twenty-four women diagnosed with borderline personality disorder completed self-report measures of suicide risk factors, hopelessness, and meaning in life. The main result from this study was that meaning in life moderated the association between suicide risk factors and hopelessness. Meaning in life is an important variable in the prevention and treatment of risk of suicide in women with borderline personality disorder.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Católica de Valencia, San Vicente Mártir, Spain. Electronic address: joseheliodoro.marco@ucv.es.
authors.forename: José H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Marco
authors.affiliation: Universitat Jaume I de Castellón, Spain; Centro Clínico PREVI, Valencia, Spain; Ciber Fisiopatologia Obesidad y Nutricion, CB06/03 Instituto Salud Carlos III, Spain.
authors.forename: Veronica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Guillén
authors.affiliation: Universitat Jaume I de Castellón, Spain; Ciber Fisiopatologia Obesidad y Nutricion, CB06/03 Instituto Salud Carlos III, Spain.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Botella
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D065026:Hope; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012649:Self Concept; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Borderline personality disorders; Existential meaning; Hopelessness; Personality; Psychotherapy; Suicidal behavior