Background

Borderline personality symptoms include emotional dysregulation, high levels of impulsivity leading to self-harm and suicidality, an unstable sense of self, fears of abandonment, extremely turbulent relationships, and psychic pain. They are considered to disrupt normative adolescent development however their unique contribution to different domains of functioning is important to understand among community adolescents.

Objective

This study aimed to analyze the specificity of the relationship between borderline personality symptoms and psychosocial and health-related functioning during adolescence in a community sample.

Method

A community sample consisted of 379 adolescents aged 11–18. Borderline personality questionnaire, Youth self-report, Satisfaction with life scale, questions addressing academic performance, and social relationships were used to assess the different domains of functioning.

Results

Data from the present study revealed that there is a substantial part of adolescents from a community sample (19.71%) who endorse significant levels of borderline personality symptoms. Adolescents from this group as compared to peers face more difficulties in all spheres of functioning. Furthermore, borderline personality symptoms uniquely predicted social problems, academic achievement, health concerns, and life satisfaction of adolescents above and beyond internalizing and externalizing difficulties.

Conclusion

Higher levels of borderline personality symptoms were associated with poorer psychosocial and health-related functioning among adolescents at the community level. Considering that adolescence is a sensitive period for the development of personality disorder, findings of this study add up to the empirical evidence that borderline personality pathology should be integrated as a target for prevention and early intervention.

中文翻译：

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边缘人格症状在社区样本中青少年心理和健康相关功能中的作用

背景

边缘性人格症状包括情绪失调，冲动程度高，导致自我伤害和自杀，不稳定的自我意识，对被遗弃的恐惧，极度动荡的关系和精神痛苦。人们认为它们破坏了青少年的规范发展，但是它们对不同功能领域的独特贡献对于了解社区青少年至关重要。

目的

这项研究旨在分析社区样本中边缘人格症状与青春期心理，健康相关功能之间关系的特异性。

方法

社区样本包括379位11至18岁的青少年。边缘人格问卷，青少年自我报告，对生活量表的满意度，解决学业成绩的问题以及社会关系用于评估功能的不同领域。

结果

来自本研究的数据显示，来自社区样本的青少年中有很大一部分（19.71％）认可显着水平的边缘性人格症状。与同龄人相比，该群体的青少年在所有职能领域都面临更多困难。此外，边缘化的人格症状可以独特地预测社会问题，学业成就，健康问题以及青少年的内在和外在困难之外的生活满意度。

结论

边缘人格症状的较高水平与社区一级青少年的心理社会和健康相关功能较差有关。考虑到青春期是人格障碍发展的敏感时期，这项研究的发现增加了经验性证据，即边缘人格病变应被整合为预防和早期干预的目标。