Meaning in Life in People with Borderline Personality Disorder.
Clin Psychol Psychother
; 24(1): 162-170, 2017 Jan.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26639791
Low feelings of meaning in life are associated with depression, hopelessness and suicide, substance abuse and emotional dysregulation. The aim of this study is to offer results about the importance of the construct meaning in life in the psychopathology of BPD. In study 1, the sample was made up of 223 participants, 141 participants with BPD and 82 participants with another mental disorder but without BPD. In study 2, the sample was made up of 80 participants with BPD. Study 1 indicated that the participants with BPD had a lower feeling of meaning in life than the participants with mental disorders but without a BPD. Study 2 indicated that meaning in life was highly negatively correlated with the symptoms of BPD. The model composed of emotional dysregulation, and meaning in life was significantly associated with BPD psychopathology. The present study supports the association between meaning in life with the psychopathology of BPD. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. KEY PRACTITIONER MESSAGE: The results of this study suggest that meaning in life is a relevant variable in the psychopathology of BPD The results of this study suggest that meaning in life is associated with non-suicide self injuries This study suggests that current therapies for BPD should focus on increasing the meaning in life in these patients.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Satisfação Pessoal
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Qualidade de Vida
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Transtorno da Personalidade Borderline
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Patient_preference
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clin Psychol Psychother
Assunto da revista:
PSICOLOGIA
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PSIQUIATRIA
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TERAPEUTICA
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Espanha
País de publicação:
Reino Unido