TY - JOUR
T1 - Borderline personality features and pain severity
T2 - Exploring the mediational role of depression and catastrophizing
AU - Mun, Chung Jung
AU - Karoly, Paul
AU - Ruehlman, Linda
AU - Kim, Hanjoe
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The co-occurrence of borderline personality disorder (BPD) and chronic pain has prompted research designed to identify potential connective mechanisms. The present study sought to replicate and extend the work of Tragesser, Bruns, and Disorbio (2010) who examined depression as a potential mediator of the link between BPD and pain in a nonclinical sample. A three-path mediation model of the sequence: BP features → depression → pain catastrophizing → pain severity provided the working hypothesis for the present study. Mediational analyses, employing percentile bootstrapping, revealed a significant three-path mediated effect. The present study not only successfully replicated the findings of Tragesser, Bruns, & Disorbio (2010), but, by including pain catastrophizing, expands our nascent understanding of how key individual differences mediate the BPD-pain severity connection. Theoretical and clinical implications and limitations of the present findings are discussed.
AB - The co-occurrence of borderline personality disorder (BPD) and chronic pain has prompted research designed to identify potential connective mechanisms. The present study sought to replicate and extend the work of Tragesser, Bruns, and Disorbio (2010) who examined depression as a potential mediator of the link between BPD and pain in a nonclinical sample. A three-path mediation model of the sequence: BP features → depression → pain catastrophizing → pain severity provided the working hypothesis for the present study. Mediational analyses, employing percentile bootstrapping, revealed a significant three-path mediated effect. The present study not only successfully replicated the findings of Tragesser, Bruns, & Disorbio (2010), but, by including pain catastrophizing, expands our nascent understanding of how key individual differences mediate the BPD-pain severity connection. Theoretical and clinical implications and limitations of the present findings are discussed.
KW - Borderline personality disorder
KW - Catastrophizing
KW - Depression
KW - Mediation
KW - Pain
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84970969218
SN - 0736-7236
VL - 35
SP - 386
EP - 400
JO - Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology
JF - Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology
IS - 5
ER -