Experiential avoidance in participants with borderline personality disorder and other personality disorders

ConclusionsTaken together, these results suggest that EA is a serious problem for participants with BPD, particularly those who have not recovered. They also suggest that both the severity of childhood adversity and a temperament marked by lower levels of extroversion are significantly related to levels of EA reported by participants with BPD.
Source: Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research