Research examining life stress as a precipitant, co-occurrence, and consequence of psychopathology often has implications for two explanatory models: stress exposure, where stress causes symptoms, and stress generation, where symptoms cause stress. Preliminary evidence suggests that both processes are evident in borderline personality disorder (BPD). The present study examined 101 adults who self-reported at least three symptoms of BPD at prescreen, with 30% of the sample meeting full diagnostic criteria for BPD. Cross-lagged panel analyses were used to examine the relationships between BPD symptomatology and four forms of life stress. Stress exposure and stress generation were not supported for either form of chronic life stress. Results supported stress generation in both dependent and interpersonal episodic life stress, and stress exposure for interpersonal episodic life stress. These findings evidenced small effects only. Findings point to the impact of interpersonal stress on changes in symptomatology over time.

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与边缘型人格障碍症状相关的压力产生和压力暴露模型的检查。

将生活压力视为心理病理学的诱发、共同发生和后果的研究通常会对两种解释模型产生影响：压力暴露（压力导致症状）和压力产生（症状导致压力）。初步证据表明，这两个过程在边缘型人格障碍 (BPD) 中都很明显。本研究检查了 101 名在筛查前自我报告至少三种 BPD 症状的成年人，其中 30% 的样本符合 BPD 的完整诊断标准。交叉滞后面板分析用于检查 BPD 症状与四种形式的生活压力之间的关系。两种形式的慢性生活压力都不支持压力暴露和压力产生。结果支持在依赖和人际间的生活压力中产生压力，以及人际间偶发性生活压力的压力暴露。这些发现仅证明了很小的影响。研究结果表明，随着时间的推移，人际关系压力对症状变化的影响。