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ArticleBorderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation2025

A comparison of borderline personality features and level of personality functioning in explaining mentalizing capacity.

Charlotte S Zell, Kennedy M Balzen, Joseph Boudreaux, Francesca Penner, Carla Sharp

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Charlotte S ZellDepartment of Psychology, University of Houston, 126 Heyne Building, Houston, TX, 77401, USA.
Kennedy M BalzenDepartment of Psychology, University of Houston, 126 Heyne Building, Houston, TX, 77401, USA.
Joseph BoudreauxDepartment of Psychology, University of Houston, 126 Heyne Building, Houston, TX, 77401, USA.
Francesca PennerDepartment of Psychology & Neuroscience, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA.
Carla SharpDepartment of Psychology, University of Houston, 126 Heyne Building, Houston, TX, 77401, USA. csharp2@central.uh.edu.

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Abstract

backgroundNumerous studies have demonstrated that the Alternative Model for Personality Disorders (AMPD) outperforms traditional categorical nosology (i.e., Section II) in predicting an array of salient clinical outcomes. However, despite the centrality of social-cognitive impairments in personality disorder, few studies have examined the superiority of the AMPD over Section II in predicting social-cognitive deficits. The current study addresses this gap by evaluating the incremental validity of AMPD-defined level of personality functioning (LPF) versus borderline personality features in predicting mentalizing - a social-cognitive construct proposed to underlie the development of personality disorder.

methodParticipants included 267 university students (M

resultsHierarchical regressions revealed that LPF explained additional variance in the RFQ beyond borderline features and internalizing psychopathology. Although borderline features also incremented LPF in predicting the RFQ, additional variance explained was less than half that contributed by the LPF over borderline features. LPF also incremented the variance explained in the MentS total score and subscales over and above borderline features and internalizing symptoms, whereas borderline features did not increment LPF in predicting any of the MentS variables.

conclusionsThese results strengthen the evidence base for the superiority of the AMPD over Section II and suggest that mentalizing deficits are better captured by LPF than borderline personality disorder symptoms. Findings support the extension of mentalization-based treatment to AMPD-defined personality disorder, which should be explored in future research.

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Alternative model of personality disordersBorderline personality disorderMentalizingPersonality functioningPersonality pathology

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