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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychiatry
Sec. Personality Disorders
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1382012

Prediction of borderline personality disorder based on childhood trauma with the mediating role of experiential avoidance

Provisionally accepted
Boliang Jiang Boliang Jiang *
  • Tianjin University of Commerce, Tianjin, China

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    Traits of borderline personality disorder are important for the determination of the prognosis of mental illnesses and in evaluating risks of negativity as well as impulsivity.But, there is a lack of information about the distribution characteristics of borderline personality disorder traits and symptoms within clinical groups. The goal of the current study was to predict borderline personality disorder based on childhood trauma, using experiential avoidance as a mediator.All male patients hospitalized in local psychiatric health centres with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder comprised the statistical population of the current study.The number of 60 patients were selected by the purposeful sampling method. The questionnaire included the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), the Experiential Avoidance Questionnaire (AAQ-II), and the Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms (BSL-23).The results demonstrated that there is a considrable and positive relationship between childhood trauma and experiential avoidance (r = 0.711, p < 0.01). In the mediating model, childhood trauma had significant direct predictive effects on borderline personality disorder (β = 0.546, p < 0.01). Also, between childhood trauma and BPD, experienced avoidance acts as a moderating factor. (β = 0.٣٠٤, p < 0.01).

    Keywords: Borderline Personality Disorder, childhood trauma, experiential avoidance, Statistical Approaches, questionnaire

    Received: 04 Feb 2024; Accepted: 14 Oct 2024.

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    * Correspondence: Boliang Jiang, Tianjin University of Commerce, Tianjin, China

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