Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University, 648 Beacon St., 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
J Pers Disord. 2013 Aug;27(4):465-72. doi: 10.1521/pedi_2013_27_098. Epub 2013 Apr 15.
Previous research has identified an invalidating childhood environment and a biological predisposition for affective instability to be two precursors for the development of borderline personality disorder (BPD). In addition, rumination, particularly in response to anger, is significantly associated with symptom severity and dysregulated behavior in BPD. This study examined whether a significant relationship between childhood precursors and current BPD symptom severity could be accounted for by the tendency to engage in anger rumination in a sample of undergraduate students (N = 342), including many with high BPD features. Results showed a significant indirect effect of anger rumination in the relationship between self-reported childhood emotional vulnerability (but not invalidating childhood environment) and BPD symptom severity. This finding suggests that anger rumination could be a risk factor for BPD. These results suggest the importance of continued research on the role of anger rumination in the development and exacerbation of BPD symptoms.
先前的研究已经确定，不良的童年环境和情感不稳定的生物学倾向是导致边缘型人格障碍（BPD）发展的两个前兆。此外，反刍，特别是对愤怒的反刍，与 BPD 中的症状严重程度和失调行为显著相关。本研究在包括许多具有高 BPD 特征的大学生样本（N=342）中，检验了童年前体与当前 BPD 症状严重程度之间的显著关系是否可以归因于愤怒反刍的倾向。结果表明，在自我报告的童年情绪脆弱性（而非无效的童年环境）与 BPD 症状严重程度之间的关系中，愤怒反刍存在显著的间接影响。这一发现表明，愤怒反刍可能是 BPD 的一个风险因素。这些结果表明，愤怒反刍在 BPD 症状的发展和恶化中的作用的研究具有重要意义。
