Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40502, USA.
J Pers Disord. 2013 Aug;27(4):457-64. doi: 10.1521/pedi_2013_27_097. Epub 2013 Apr 15.
Previous research has demonstrated that maladaptive cognitive content, including dysfunctional attitudes and negative automatic thoughts, is associated with emotional distress. Similarly, dysfunctional cognitive processes, including thought suppression and rumination, have been shown to intensify psychological difficulties. Although maladaptive cognitive content and dysfunctional processes have been linked to borderline personality disorder (BPD), most research has been conducted with Axis I disorders. This study examined the incremental validity of dysfunctional cognitive content and processes in predicting BPD symptom severity, controlling for trait negative affect, in a sample of undergraduate students (N = 85), including many with high levels of BPD features. Although nearly all variables were significantly correlated with BPD features, final regression models suggest that rumination and thought suppression are stronger independent predictors of BPD features than automatic thoughts, dysfunctional attitudes, and trait negative affect. These results suggest the importance of targeting thought suppression and rumination in BPD.
先前的研究表明，适应不良的认知内容，包括功能失调的态度和消极的自动思维，与情绪困扰有关。同样，功能失调的认知过程，包括思维抑制和反刍，也被证明会加剧心理困难。尽管适应不良的认知内容和功能失调的过程与边缘型人格障碍（BPD）有关，但大多数研究都是针对轴 I 障碍进行的。本研究在包括许多具有高水平 BPD 特征的本科生样本（N=85）中，考察了功能失调的认知内容和过程对预测 BPD 症状严重程度的增量有效性，控制了特质负性情绪。尽管几乎所有变量都与 BPD 特征显著相关，但最终的回归模型表明，反刍和思维抑制是 BPD 特征的更强独立预测因素，而自动思维、功能失调的态度和特质负性情绪则不是。这些结果表明，在 BPD 中，思维抑制和反刍是很重要的。
