Theses and Dissertations
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
DeShong, Hilary L.
Committee Member
McKinney, Clifford B.
Committee Member
Nadorff, Michael R.
Date of Degree
5-13-2022
Document Type
Graduate Thesis - Open Access
Major
Applied Psychology
Degree Name
Master of Science (M.S.)
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Department of Psychology
Abstract
Childhood adversity is linked with a variety of negative outcomes including suicide attempts and personality disorders, most commonly Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). A core feature of BPD, emotion dysregulation is often reported following early childhood adversity and contributes to both suicidal ideation and attempts. One explanation for the development of emotion dysregulation within BPD, is the biosocial model, which states that there must be an interaction between childhood emotional vulnerability and parental invalidation. Recent literature suggests that this interaction may not be necessary. Thus, the current study extended previous literature by examining childhood risk factors (i.e., ACES, parental invalidation, and childhood emotional vulnerability) as individual and interactive effects in predicting both BPD and suicide directly, as well as indirectly predicting suicide through BPD. Overall, the results indicated that all three risk factors individually predicted BPD and suicide risk and that the biosocial interaction also significantly predicts BPD and suicide risk.
Recommended Citation
McDaniel, Chandler Jayne, "Borderline personality disorder and suicide risk: The role of emotional vulnerability, parental invalidation, and adverse childhood experiences" (2022). Theses and Dissertations. 5518.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/5518