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Exploring the Roles of Trauma, Emotion Dysregulation, and Negative Affect in Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms among Young Women

Yuan, Yan (2021) Exploring the Roles of Trauma, Emotion Dysregulation, and Negative Affect in Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms among Young Women. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

By analyzing repeated measures data through advanced statistical methods, this study investigates the critical roles of trauma, emotion dysregulation and negative affect (NA) in terms of influencing borderline personality disorder (BPD) features among a group of urban city young women. Our results evidence significant connections between distinct trauma types and NA aspects, as well as a decline of NA and BPD features during emerging adulthood. Implications from our findings extended prior explorations by showing that several distinct NA-related forms of ED, such as proneness to anger expression, shame, and guilt, may serve as critical channels driving the significant link between emotional abuse and BPD symptoms. More importantly, our findings would potentially lead to novel trauma-informed treatments effectively targeting multiple ED forms among people with BPD. Finally, we contribute critical new information to the nascent topic area on emerging adulthood.

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Item Type: University of Pittsburgh ETD
Status: Unpublished
Creators/Authors:
CreatorsEmailPitt UsernameORCID
Yuan, Yanyay57@pitt.edu
ETD Committee:
TitleMemberEmail AddressPitt UsernameORCID
Committee ChairNewhill, Christinanewhill@pitt.edu
Committee MemberEack, Shaunsme12@pitt.edu
Committee MemberScott, Loriscottln2@upmc.edu
Committee MemberFusco, RachelRachel.Fusco@uga.edu
Date: 6 January 2021
Date Type: Publication
Defense Date: 12 August 2020
Approval Date: 6 January 2021
Submission Date: 3 January 2021
Access Restriction: No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately.
Number of Pages: 147
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Schools and Programs: School of Social Work > Social Work
Degree: PhD - Doctor of Philosophy
Thesis Type: Doctoral Dissertation
Refereed: Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords: BPD, Trauma, Shame, Guilt, Anger, Emerging Adulthood, Mental Health, Young Women
Date Deposited: 06 Jan 2021 19:35
Last Modified: 19 May 2023 16:31
URI: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/40133

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