J Pers Disord. 2014 Feb;28(1):52-69. doi: 10.1521/pedi.2014.28.1.52.
Evidence suggests that maternal borderline personality (BP) pathology increases offspring risk. This study examined the relations between maternal BP pathology and related emotional dysfunction (including emotion regulation [ER] difficulties and emotional intensity/reactivity) and infant ER difficulties. Specifically, we examined both self-focused and caregiver-focused ER behaviors and the modulation of emotional expressions (one indicator of ER in young children) in response to fear- and anger-eliciting stimuli among 101 infants (12 to 23 months old) of mothers with and without clinically relevant BP pathology. The authors also examined the moderating role of mother-infant attachment. Findings of a series of multiple regression mediation analyses revealed an indirect effect of maternal BP pathology on infant ER difficulties through maternal emotional dysfunction, with maternal ER difficulties facilitating an indirect effect of maternal BP pathology on expressivity-related indicators of infant ER difficulties and maternal emotional intensity/reactivity linking maternal BP pathology to lower self-focused ER for infants in insecure-resistant attachment relationships.
有证据表明，母亲的边缘型人格（BP）病理学增加了后代的风险。本研究探讨了母亲 BP 病理学与相关的情绪功能障碍（包括情绪调节[ER]困难和情绪强度/反应性）以及婴儿 ER 困难之间的关系。具体而言，我们检查了自我关注和照顾者关注的 ER 行为，以及对恐惧和愤怒诱发刺激的情绪表达（幼儿 ER 的一个指标）的调节，参与者为 101 名婴儿（12 至 23 个月大），他们的母亲有或没有临床相关的 BP 病理学。作者还检查了母婴依恋的调节作用。一系列多元回归中介分析的结果表明，母亲 BP 病理学通过母亲的情绪功能障碍对婴儿 ER 困难有间接影响，母亲 ER 困难促进了母亲 BP 病理学对表达相关的婴儿 ER 困难指标的间接影响，而母亲的情绪强度/反应性则将母亲 BP 病理学与不安全-抵抗型依恋关系中婴儿较低的自我关注 ER 联系起来。
