Individuals with borderline and avoidant personality disorders show interpersonal dysfunction that includes maladaptive responses to rejection and reduced emotional benefits from acceptance. To identify the attributional styles that may underlie these difficulties, we examined causal attributions for rejection and acceptance among undergraduates high in features of each disorder and a healthy comparison group. In Study 1, participants rated how likely they were to attribute hypothetical rejection and acceptance experiences to positive and negative qualities of the self and others, as well as external circumstances. In Study 2, we examined these same attributions in daily diary assessments of real rejection and acceptance experiences. Although the two studies showed some differences in results, they both linked borderline personality features with suspicious, selfbolstering responses and avoidant personality features with perceived inferiority. Distinct attributional styles may contribute to the distinct interpersonal problems characteristic of these conditions.

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具有边缘性和回避性格特征的年轻成年人的拒绝和接受的归因

具有边缘性和回避性人格障碍的人表现出人际功能障碍，包括对排斥反应的适应不良反应和因接受而产生的情感收益减少。为了确定可能造成这些困难的归因方式，我们检查了因每种障碍而特征较高的大学生和健康对照组的拒绝和接受的因果归因。在研究1中，参与者评估了他们将假设的拒绝和接受经历归因于自我和他人的正面和负面品质以及外部环境的可能性。在研究2中，我们在每日日记评估中实际拒绝和接受经历中检查了这些相同的归因。尽管两项研究的结果有所不同，他们都将边缘人格特征与可疑的自我支持反应联系在一起，将回避性人格特征与自卑感联系起来。不同的归因风格可能会导致这些条件所特有的人际交往问题。