Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a relatively common and debilitating mental health condition. Research has indicated associations between maladaptive personality traits and BPD. A separate line of work suggests that beliefs about how much one's anxiety can change (i.e., anxiety mindset) may influence a wide range of mental health symptoms, many of which people with BPD often exhibit. We begin to integrate these two perspectives in the current study by evaluating the relative effects of maladaptive personality traits and anxiety mindset on BPD symptoms in a large sample of undergraduates (N = 998). Results indicate that traits and mindsets are independent statistical predictors of BPD symptoms. These findings suggest that both maladaptive traits and anxiety mindset are relevant to BPD, which may inform future research on the connections between personality processes and BPD as well as clinical intervention.

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适应不良特征和焦虑心态对边缘型人格障碍症状的相对影响

边缘性人格障碍（BPD）是一种相对普遍且令人衰弱的心理健康状况。研究表明适应不良的人格特质与BPD之间存在关联。一项单独的工作表明，关于一个人的焦虑可以改变多少的信念（即，焦虑型思维）可能会影响广泛的心理健康症状，其中许多人患有BPD。我们通过评估适应不良的人格特质和焦虑心态对大学生样本中BPD症状的相对影响，开始将这两种观点整合在一起（N = 998）。结果表明，特质和心态是BPD症状的独立统计预测指标。这些发现表明，适应不良和焦虑的心态都与BPD有关，