Cruitt Patrick J, Oltmanns Thomas F
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO.
J Res Pers. 2019 Oct;82. doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2019.103863. Epub 2019 Aug 29.
Evidence suggests that employment may buffer against the negative health outcomes associated with borderline personality disorder (BPD). The purpose of the current analyses was to examine unemployment and the BPD-health relationship prospectively. Participants were 1,536 older adults in a longitudinal study of health and aging, with repeated measures of physical health, depressive symptoms, and life satisfaction. We measured BPD features using multiple sources at baseline, and used principal components analysis to obtain latent scores. Multilevel models indicated that unemployment experiences did not moderate the prospective relationship between BPD features and physical health or life satisfaction, but did strengthen the positive relationship between BPD features and depressive symptoms. These findings provide insight into mechanisms of recovery for individuals with BPD.
有证据表明，就业可能会缓冲与边缘型人格障碍（BPD）相关的负面健康后果。当前分析的目的是前瞻性地研究失业与BPD-健康关系。在一项关于健康与衰老的纵向研究中，参与者为1536名老年人，对他们进行了身体健康、抑郁症状和生活满意度的重复测量。我们在基线时使用多种来源测量BPD特征，并使用主成分分析来获得潜在分数。多层次模型表明，失业经历并未调节BPD特征与身体健康或生活满意度之间的前瞻性关系，但确实加强了BPD特征与抑郁症状之间的正向关系。这些发现为BPD患者的康复机制提供了见解。
