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ArticlePsychiatry investigation2025

The Mediating Roles of Rumination and Resilience in the Association Between Borderline Personality Features and Suicidality in College Students.

Yuqiong He, Shuxian Wu, Tingyu Yang, Lin Chen, Xilong Cui, Yaru Zhang, Jianbo Liu, Xuerong Luo

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Yuqiong HeDepartment of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.
Shuxian WuDepartment of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.
Tingyu YangDepartment of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.
Lin ChenThe First Clinical College, Changsha Medical University, Changsha, China.
Xilong CuiDepartment of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.
Yaru ZhangDepartment of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.
Jianbo LiuDepartment of Child Psychiatry of Shenzhen Kangning Hospital, Shenzhen Mental Health Center, Shenzhen, China.
Xuerong LuoDepartment of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.

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Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation 2019A1515110047Medical Scientific Research Foundation of Guangdong Province of China A2019155National Key Research and Development Program of China 2017YFC1309904
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objectiveThis study investigates the prevalent characteristics of suicidality in college students with borderline personality (BP) features. In addition, it explores the relationship between BP features and suicidality and analyzes related psychological mechanisms.

methodsThe study encompassed 6,854 college students from 12 universities in Southern China from October to December 2020. The subjects completed a general information questionnnaire, Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire 4+, ruminative responses scale, 10 items in the Connor-Davidson resilience scale, and an assessment for suicidality.

resultsAmong all participants, subjects with BP features reported higher rates of suicidal ideation and suicidal attempt than those without BP features, and the differences were statistically significant (all p<0.05). Logistic regression analysis demonstrated that resilience served as a significant protective factor against both suicidal ideation and suicidal attempt in both females and males (all p<0.05). Higher borderline personality disorder (BPD) score emerged as risk factor for suicidal ideation and suicidal attempt in both females and males (all p<0.001). Symptom rumination was a risk factor for suicidal ideation in both females and males (all p<0.001). Reflection was a risk factor for suicidal attempt in both males and females (all p<0.05). Resilience and symptom rumination mediated the relationship between BPD score and suicidal ideation in both females and males. Resilience mediated the relationship between BPD score and suicidal attempt only in males.

conclusionCollege students with BP features exhibit an elevated rate of suicide-related behaviors. The relationship between BP features and suicidality is mediated by rumination and resilience.

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Borderline personality featuresResilienceRuminationSuicidal attemptSuicidal ideation

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PMCPMC12646705

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