An Examination of Stress Generation and Stress Exposure Models in Relation to Symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder
- 1 October 2021
- journal article
- Published by Guilford Publications in Journal of Personality Disorders
- Vol. 35 (5), 641-656
- https://doi.org/10.1521/pedi.2021.35.5.641
Abstract
Research examining life stress as a precipitant, co-occurrence, and consequence of psychopathology often has implications for two explanatory models: stress exposure, where stress causes symptoms, and stress generation, where symptoms cause stress. Preliminary evidence suggests that both processes are evident in borderline personality disorder (BPD). The present study examined 101 adults who self-reported at least three symptoms of BPD at prescreen, with 30% of the sample meeting full diagnostic criteria for BPD. Cross-lagged panel analyses were used to examine the relationships between BPD symptomatology and four forms of life stress. Stress exposure and stress generation were not supported for either form of chronic life stress. Results supported stress generation in both dependent and interpersonal episodic life stress, and stress exposure for interpersonal episodic life stress. These findings evidenced small effects only. Findings point to the impact of interpersonal stress on changes in symptomatology over time.Keywords
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