Longitudinal examination of borderline personality disorder symptoms and drug use: The influence of negative and positive emotion dysregulation

We examined the independent and interactive associations of BPD symptoms and emotion dysregulation in reported drug use over 1 year. Participants (N = 143) were over-recruited for BPD, assessed via interview, and completed measures of negative and positive emotion dysregulation. Drug use frequency was assessed with monthly surveys over a 1-year period. Results demonstrated interrelations among BPD symptoms and both negative and positive emo tion dysregulation. However, when modeling BPD and emotion dysregulation together, only higher BPD symptoms were associated with more frequent drug use. Findings support the relation of BPD symptoms and emotion dysregulation but suggest that emotion dysregulation may not account for drug use frequen cy above and beyond BPD in community-recruited populations.
Source: Personality and Mental Health - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research