ArticleBMC psychiatry2024
Borderline personality traits mediate the relationship between negative life events and nonsuicidal self-injury in a clinical sample with youth depression.
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- Construction and internal temporal validation of a LASSO regression-based risk assessment model for non-suicidal self-injury addiction-like features in adolescents and young adults with depression.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Patients' anesthesia preferences for Cesarean delivery: exploring the role of personality beliefs in spinal vs. General anesthesia.BMC anesthesiology · 2025Observational
- Longitudinal relation between negative life events and non-suicidal self-injury among Chinese college students: a moderated mediation model.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- The correlation between non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents, parenting styles, and borderline personality traits.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
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backgroundBorderline personality traits play a significant role in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), particularly in depressed youths. NSSI is also highly correlated with negative life events. This research aimed to explore the connections between negative life events, borderline personality traits, and NSSI.
methodsThe study included 338 depressed youth aged 13 to 25 years. Self-reported measures and clinical interviews were utilized to evaluate the depressive symptoms, borderline personality traits, negative life events, and NSSI behaviours of these participants. Identifying variables linked to NSSI was the aim of our analysis, and we also conducted a mediation analysis to look into the influence of borderline traits on the connection between negative life events and NSSI.
resultsOf the 338 depressed youth, approximately 59.47% (201/338) displayed NSSI, which was associated with greater clinical severity. Borderline traits had an independent influence on NSSI and it partially explained the connection between negative life events and NSSI, even when accounting for depression symptoms. Depressed youth who were more vulnerable to NSSI behaviours often experienced negative life events such as interpersonal relationships, academic pressure, being punished, and loss.
conclusionsOur research suggests that depressed youth who experience more negative life events are more likely to experience NSSI, and negative life events indirectly influence nonsuicidal self-injury through borderline personality traits. Implementing interventions focused on mitigating borderline symptoms could be a promising therapeutic approach for addressing NSSI in young people.
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