Alexandra K Barnhill, Julia K Nicholas, Hannah E Croom, Troy Hubert, Sarah E Cecil, Caden J Maynard, Vincent J Buchenberger, Reagan A Franks, Megan J Hutchins, Matthew W Southward, Shannon Sauer-Zavala
{"title":"Does the severity of specific borderline personality disorder symptoms vary by sexual orientation? A differential item functioning analysis of self- and clinician-ratings.","authors":"Alexandra K Barnhill, Julia K Nicholas, Hannah E Croom, Troy Hubert, Sarah E Cecil, Caden J Maynard, Vincent J Buchenberger, Reagan A Franks, Megan J Hutchins, Matthew W Southward, Shannon Sauer-Zavala","doi":"10.1037/per0000764","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/per0000764","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although borderline personality disorder (BPD) is more frequently diagnosed among sexual minority individuals than heterosexual individuals, it is unclear the degree to which this disparity reflects differences in symptom expression, diagnostic bias, or some combination of the two. Among treatment-seeking adults with BPD (<i>N</i> = 121, <i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 28.4; 76% female, 89% White, and 57% sexual minority), we examined differential item functioning (DIF) and group differences in symptom severity using self-reported and clinician-administered BPD measures (Zanarini Scale for Borderline Personality Disorder-Self-Rated, Zanarini Scale for Borderline Personality Disorder-Clinician-Rated, Structural Clinical Interview for <i>Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fifth edition</i>-Personality Disorders). Although there was no evidence of DIF for any self-reported item, sexual minority participants endorsed self-injurious behaviors (<i>B</i> = 0.63, <i>p</i> = .01), stress-related paranoia or dissociation (<i>B</i> = 0.62, <i>p</i> = .01), efforts to avoid abandonment (<i>B</i> = 0.53, <i>p</i> = .02), and unstable relationships (B = 0.54, p = .03) more often than heterosexual participants on average, contributing to greater past-week total symptomatology (<i>B</i> = 3.88, <i>p</i> < .01). Clinician-administered items assessing self-injurious behaviors exhibited uniform DIF and were \"easier\" to endorse for sexual minority participants. Furthermore, assessors rated self-injurious behaviors for sexual minority participants more often over the past week (<i>B</i> = 0.51, <i>p</i> < .01) and past 2 years (odds ratio = 3.58, <i>p</i> < .01) than heterosexual participants, and affective instability over the past 2 years (odds ratio = 4.00, <i>p</i> < .05). These results suggest that patients and assessors interpreted most BPD items similarly, while emphasizing the need for nuanced examination of symptomatology and cultural competence in clinical practice to ensure accurate evaluation of BPD across diverse groups. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":74420,"journal":{"name":"Personality disorders","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2026-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147610892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Philippe Leclerc, Yann Le Corff, Mélanie Lapalme, Vincent Bégin, Karine Forget, Martin Sellbom
{"title":"Prevalence of examinees screening positive on PID-5 validity scales and impact on scale scores, correlates, and reliability.","authors":"Philippe Leclerc, Yann Le Corff, Mélanie Lapalme, Vincent Bégin, Karine Forget, Martin Sellbom","doi":"10.1037/per0000761","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/per0000761","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The <i>Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders'</i> (5th ed.; <i>DSM-5</i>) official self-report instrument to assess personality disorders is the Personality Inventory for <i>DSM-5</i> (PID-5). To screen for response bias, three validity scales have been constructed from the PID-5 item pool to assess, respectively, inconsistency, overreporting, and underreporting. Nonetheless, the prevalence and impact of PID-5 response bias on diverse psychometric properties are largely underdocumented. Thus, this study aims at: (a) identifying the rates of positive screening of each validity scale, (b) identifying the degree of overlap between validity scales, and (c) documenting the impact of each bias on scale scores, criterion validity (correlations with self- and informant-assessed personality pathology), and internal consistency. Preregistered analyses were conducted among a large population-representative sample (<i>n</i> = 2,505, 51.2% females) and an at-risk sample of young adults (<i>n</i> = 321, 48.3% females). For each sample, respectively, plausible estimates were obtained for inconsistency (4.7% and 7.2%) and overreporting (2.9% and 5.6%), whereas the underreporting scale likely led to an overestimation of the prevalence (38.6% and 32.4%). Screening positive on two PID-5 validity scales was rare (<2% of cases). Each bias had distinctive impacts on scores, correlates, and reliability. Screening for multiple biases is paramount to replicating research findings and ensuring sound clinical conclusions. Recalibrating or developing a new PID-5 validity scale to detect underreporting among populations with low to medium levels of psychopathology, as well as a scale for acquiescent/counteracquiescent bias, would be warranted. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":74420,"journal":{"name":"Personality disorders","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147327966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rosie Kidane, Jarco Wesdorp, Stefanie Duijndam, Andrew M Chanen, Barbara de Clercq, Joost Hutsebaut
{"title":"Clinical staging and risk profiling in borderline personality disorder: An evaluation of reliability and clinical utility.","authors":"Rosie Kidane, Jarco Wesdorp, Stefanie Duijndam, Andrew M Chanen, Barbara de Clercq, Joost Hutsebaut","doi":"10.1037/per0000760","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/per0000760","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To address the need for a more dynamic assessment of the progress and severity of borderline personality disorder (BPD), as well as associated treatment needs, various models of clinical staging and risk profiling have been proposed. Clinical staging involves estimating disorder severity along a continuum, whereas risk profiling predicts progression across stages using known risk factors. This study examines these models' reliability and clinical utility in predicting dosage (total registered units of direct patient contacts) and outcome for BPD patients. We used anonymized information from patient records of 128 patients treated for (subthreshold) BPD in the Netherlands (<i>M</i> age = 30.51, <i>SD</i> = 11.85; range: 14-61 years). After establishing interrater reliability, a retrospective analysis of routine clinical data was used to examine the relationship between two clinical staging models and one risk profile model on total treatment dosage and outcome. The results showed that staging models and risk profiles could be reliably assessed and that patients in earlier stages required less treatment and achieved better outcomes compared with later stages. However, the contribution of risk profiling was minimal and insignificant. Furthermore, results suggest that the transition from Stage 1 to Stage 2 represents a critical turning point in BPD progression and underscores the importance of early intervention. Despite limitations, clinical staging models explained significant variance in treatment dosage and symptom reduction, offering valuable insights into BPD treatment needs. The study highlights the potential of these models to support early detection and intervention by improving prognosis and guiding more personalized treatment. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":74420,"journal":{"name":"Personality disorders","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147327943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Personality disordersPub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2025-10-27DOI: 10.1037/per0000750
Eunyoe Ro, Jeffrey R Vittengl, Robin B Jarrett, Lee Anna Clark
{"title":"Latent factors of the alternative DSM-5 model for personality disorders: Associations with psychopathology and psychosocial functioning using self- and interviewer-report methods.","authors":"Eunyoe Ro, Jeffrey R Vittengl, Robin B Jarrett, Lee Anna Clark","doi":"10.1037/per0000750","DOIUrl":"10.1037/per0000750","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The alternative model for personality disorders (AMPD) constitutes a major shift in conceptualizing personality pathology and has gained considerable attention among both clinicians and personality pathology researchers. The AMPD has two core components: personality dysfunction (Criterion A) and maladaptive traits (Criterion B). As measures of these components are strongly correlated in self-report, cross-sectional data, some researchers question Criterion A's necessity. We used both self- and interviewer-reported methods to enhance understanding of these AMPD components through principal factors analysis (PFA) and bifactor analysis. Further, we investigated these factors' associations with psychopathology (e.g., mood and anxiety disorder symptoms, criteria for substance use disorders) and psychosocial functioning dimensions (e.g., life satisfaction, interpersonal and occupational problems, daily functioning), again using both self-reported and interviewer-rated measures of these constructs. Six hundred community adults, half each either screened-in as at-risk for personality pathology or currently in outpatient therapy, participated in the study. In both the PFA and bifactor analyses, a distress-and-pathology factor emerged (e.g., negative affectivity, poor self-dysfunction) along with two primarily interpersonal factors: antagonism-disinhibition and detachment. A key difference between the PFA and bifactor analyses was that the interpersonal factors emerged without distress in the bifactor analysis because of the extraction of a general factor and reflected distinct self versus interviewer perspectives. The distress-and-pathology factor consistently displayed meaningful associations with psychopathology symptoms, personality pathology, and psychosocial functioning, whereas the two interpersonal factors were more specifically associated with personality pathology. We discuss the findings' implications for conceptualizing personality pathology and its treatment. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":74420,"journal":{"name":"Personality disorders","volume":" ","pages":"117-127"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12614452/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145380045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Personality disordersPub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2025-11-06DOI: 10.1037/per0000755
Eun-Sun Lee, Marina A Bornovalova
{"title":"Longitudinal association of distress tolerance with borderline and antisocial personality traits in a substance use treatment sample attempting sobriety.","authors":"Eun-Sun Lee, Marina A Bornovalova","doi":"10.1037/per0000755","DOIUrl":"10.1037/per0000755","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Distress tolerance (DT) is thought to be a transdiagnostic risk factor for psychopathology, especially borderline (BPD) and antisocial personality disorders (ASPD). However, most of the studies documenting the relationship of DT with BPD and ASPD have been cross-sectional, with few examining basic longitudinal patterns of change or interrelationships of these constructs. The present study examined longitudinal patterns of change and prospective reciprocal associations of DT with BPD and ASPD-related pathological personality traits (PPTs) in an adult clinical sample (<i>N</i> = 354) receiving inpatient treatment for substance use disorders and then reintegrating into the community across five time points (baseline, posttreatment, 1-, 3-, and 6-month follow-up). Results indicated high rank-order stability for DT and all PPTs, with significant mean level changes between baseline and follow-ups. Eleven bivariate random intercept cross-lagged panel models were fitted for the association of DT with PPTs. Within-person autoregressive effects were generally nonsignificant during treatment up until the posttreatment period but became significant during the community follow-up for both PPTs and DT. Within-person cross-lagged effects were generally nonsignificant, with only four brief and isolated reciprocal associations observed across disinhibition- and antagonism-related PPT models. Significant concurrent associations were replicated at both the within-person and between-person levels. These findings add to the limited literature on the longitudinal dynamics of DT and PPTs in clinical populations. They also underscore the potential value of targeting DT in interventions aimed at reducing emotional and behavioral dysregulation during the transition from treatment to community settings. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":74420,"journal":{"name":"Personality disorders","volume":" ","pages":"152-166"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145460871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Personality disordersPub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2025-10-27DOI: 10.1037/per0000752
Colin E Vize, Donald R Lynam
{"title":"Open science practices in personality disorder journals.","authors":"Colin E Vize, Donald R Lynam","doi":"10.1037/per0000752","DOIUrl":"10.1037/per0000752","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>From 2010 to 2014, a series of events and publications revealed that much of the psychological literature was less robust than the field believed. Researchers have highlighted various issues underlying fragile findings in large swaths of psychological science. In response, the field has also proposed solutions to help build a more robust literature. Foremost among these solutions are a suite of Open Science practices, including preregistration, registered reports, and the posting of materials, data, and analytic scripts. While these solutions have primarily emerged outside of clinical science, there is some evidence that clinical science is beginning to adopt Open Science practices. The present study focuses on the use of Open Science practices in personality disorder research, specifically. We discuss the relevance of these practices to personality disorder research, and examine rates of Open Science practices in articles published between 2021 and 2023 in two personality disorder journals, <i>Journal of Personality Disorders</i> (article <i>N</i> = 150) and <i>Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment</i> (article <i>N</i> = 158). The rate of Open Science practices in these articles was compared to empirical articles from a select number of general personality journals published during the same time period (article <i>N</i> range = 125-247). Overall, the personality disorder articles showed lower rates of Open Science practices compared to the general personality articles, while some practices (registered reports) were consistently low across all articles. In light of these findings, we discuss ways that personality disorder researchers can effectively implement Open Science practices to help facilitate a more transparent research literature. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":74420,"journal":{"name":"Personality disorders","volume":" ","pages":"93-104"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12683338/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145373456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Personality disordersPub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2025-10-27DOI: 10.1037/per0000751
Carina Rose, Sara Engelskircher, Johanna Hepp
{"title":"Maladaptive personality traits predict affective responses to interpersonal stressors above and beyond level of personality functioning.","authors":"Carina Rose, Sara Engelskircher, Johanna Hepp","doi":"10.1037/per0000751","DOIUrl":"10.1037/per0000751","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Dimensional models of personality disorders (PDs) define them by impairments in self and interpersonal functioning, with optional or mandatory) specification of maladaptive traits. While interpersonal dysfunction is central to the manifestation and treatment of PDs, it remains unclear whether maladaptive traits provide incremental value in predicting affective responses to interpersonal situations beyond PD severity. Across two preregistered experimental online studies (<i>N</i>₁ = 548, <i>N</i>₂ = 192), we examined whether the maladaptive traits negative affectivity and detachment predict affective responses to interpersonal stimuli after adjusting for level of personality functioning. Stimuli were selected based on the results of a pilot study (<i>N</i>₀ = 445). Participants rated their affect following exposure to audiorecorded interpersonal statements of positive, negative, or neutral valence. Results from both studies showed that negative affectivity was consistently associated with higher levels of negative affect across the paradigm, while detachment predicted lower levels of positive affect, consistent with their theoretical definitions. Contrary to expectations, detachment also predicted higher negative affect in both studies. No trait significantly predicted affective reactivity to positive stimuli, and only one study supported a reduced negative affect increase in response to negative stimuli among individuals high in detachment. All observed effects were incremental to level of personality functioning. These findings suggest that maladaptive traits capture meaningful variance in interpersonal affective responses beyond global personality dysfunction and may aid in individualizing case conceptualizations. However, inconsistencies in affective reactivity point to a need for improved trait operationalizations and greater attention to context in future research. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":74420,"journal":{"name":"Personality disorders","volume":" ","pages":"128-140"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145379694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Personality disordersPub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2025-11-24DOI: 10.1037/per0000754
Molly Fennig Steinhoff, Julian Baudinet, Roelie J Hempel, Rebecca Tillman, Thomas R Lynch, Kirsten E Gilbert
{"title":"Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder in radically open dialectical behavior therapy for treatment-refractory depression.","authors":"Molly Fennig Steinhoff, Julian Baudinet, Roelie J Hempel, Rebecca Tillman, Thomas R Lynch, Kirsten E Gilbert","doi":"10.1037/per0000754","DOIUrl":"10.1037/per0000754","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) is commonly comorbid with major depressive disorder, and their comorbidity is associated with worsened outcomes and treatment refraction. Radically open dialectical behavior therapy (RO DBT) is a novel transdiagnostic psychosocial intervention. RO DBT targets OCPD-related traits (e.g., maladaptive perfectionism, inflexibility) and has been theorized as an OCPD treatment. This study examined RO DBT efficacy for treatment-refractory depression (TRD), with and without comorbid OCPD. RefraMED was a multisite randomized controlled trial of treatment as usual (TAU) versus RO DBT + TAU for TRD (<i>N</i> = 250). In this secondary data analysis, linear regression predicted 7-month (end of treatment) and 12-month (follow-up) symptoms, controlling for baseline symptoms. Three models examined: (a) outcomes for participants with OCPD (<i>n</i> = 117) comparing RO DBT + TAU and TAU, (b) outcomes among participants receiving RO DBT (<i>n</i> = 162) comparing OCPD and no OCPD, and (c) OCPD diagnosis moderating treatment effects for all participants (<i>N</i> = 250). At 12 months, participants with OCPD had significantly improved emotional approach coping (emotion recognition and communication) and psychological flexibility in RO DBT + TAU (vs. TAU alone; false discovery rate-adjusted <i>p</i>s = .008), with no significant differences observed for depression or interpersonal functioning. OCPD presence did not predict any outcomes within the RO DBT group, nor moderate the effect of treatment on outcomes, suggesting treatment effects were not significantly inhibited by OCPD presence. In conclusion, RO DBT shows promise as a potential evidence-based treatment for OCPD, particularly when comorbid with TRD. Treatment effects were equivalent for those with and without OCPD. Moreover, RO DBT may be particularly beneficial for improving emotional approach coping and flexibility. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":74420,"journal":{"name":"Personality disorders","volume":" ","pages":"178-188"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12646503/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145598218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Personality disordersPub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2025-11-06DOI: 10.1037/per0000749
Johanna W van den Eshof, Kim de Bruijn, Anna Bartak, Udo W Nabitz, Henricus L Van, Rosa A van Grieken
{"title":"The perspectives of patients, significant others, and therapists on factors that impede treatment for personality disorders: A concept map study.","authors":"Johanna W van den Eshof, Kim de Bruijn, Anna Bartak, Udo W Nabitz, Henricus L Van, Rosa A van Grieken","doi":"10.1037/per0000749","DOIUrl":"10.1037/per0000749","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite the availability of effective treatments for personality disorders (PDs), recovery rates are modest. A better understanding is therefore needed of what patients, significant others and therapists consider to be impediments to PD treatment. We used concept mapping to create a conceptual framework of factors that impede PD treatment. The perspectives of patients, significant others, and therapists with respect to impediments were collected in brainstorm sessions and then formulated as statements by an expert team. The participants subsequently prioritized and sorted these statements prior to analysis with multidimensional scaling and grouping on a two-dimensional concept map using hierarchical cluster analyses. Fifty-four statements were defined and assigned to 11 clusters that were grouped in five metaclusters: (a) lack of trust in the therapeutic relationship, (b) perceived therapist incompetence (c) shortcomings in the mental health care system, (d) patient-related conflicting factors, and (e) insufficient involvement of significant others. This study provides a conceptual framework of factors that are perceived to impede PD treatment. Our findings potentially contribute to an awareness of impediments in clinical practice and suggest that therapists should actively inquire about the expectations, needs, and treatment difficulties of patients and their significant others. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":74420,"journal":{"name":"Personality disorders","volume":" ","pages":"105-116"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145460848","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Personality disordersPub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2025-11-06DOI: 10.1037/per0000753
Kelly V Klein, Alice I Cohen, Nathaniel R Herr, Alanna M Covington, Kathleen C Gunthert
{"title":"Sleep and affect in individuals with borderline personality disorder features: A daily diary study.","authors":"Kelly V Klein, Alice I Cohen, Nathaniel R Herr, Alanna M Covington, Kathleen C Gunthert","doi":"10.1037/per0000753","DOIUrl":"10.1037/per0000753","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Given that people with borderline personality disorder (BPD) features are vulnerable to emotion dysregulation, they might be particularly sensitive to the emotional impacts of poor sleep quality and low sleep quantity. In the present study, we evaluated whether BPD features moderate the relationship between daily sleep, measured objectively (total sleep time [TST]) and subjectively (perceived sleep quality), and self-reports of positive and negative affect (NA). A sample of 83 cohabitating couples (<i>n</i> = 166) were recruited for a 3-week daily diary study. Participants completed a BPD symptom measure at baseline, a perceived sleep quality assessment each morning, and a daily emotion assessment each evening. TST was assessed daily using a FitBit activity monitor. Mixed-model regression analyses revealed a significant interaction between subjective sleep quality and overall BPD features in predicting daily levels of NA, even after statistical control of depression. Participants with higher BPD features exhibited greater NA on days when they reported worse sleep quality, as compared to participants with lower BPD features. Secondary analyses showed that this interaction seemed to be particularly impactful for anger, but not anxiety or sadness. In contrast, there was no significant interaction effect between BPD features and objectively assessed TST in predicting daily emotion. These results suggest that the emotional impact of poor subjective sleep quality might be more pronounced for those with BPD features. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":74420,"journal":{"name":"Personality disorders","volume":" ","pages":"141-151"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145460832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}