Validation of measures of biosocial precursors to borderline personality disorder: childhood emotional vulnerability and environmental invalidation

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Shannon E Sauer, Ruth A Baer

Abstract

Linehan's biosocial theory suggests that borderline personality disorder (BPD) results from a transaction of two childhood precursors: emotional vulnerability and an invalidating environment. Until recently, few empirical studies have explored relationships between these theoretical precursors and symptoms of the disorder. Psychometrically sound assessment tools are essential to this area of research. The present study examined psychometric characteristics of recently developed self-report measures of childhood emotional vulnerability and parental invalidation. A large sample of undergraduates completed these measures; parent reports were collected to examine agreement between young adults' and parents' recollections of their emotional style in childhood and the parenting they received. Both measures were internally consistent, showed clear factor structures, and were significantly correlated with BPD features and related constructs. In addition, both showed modest, yet significant agreement between participants' and parents' reports. Overall, this study supports the utility of these measures of childhood emotional vulnerability and environmental invalidation.

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Apr 17, 2013·Journal of Personality Disorders·Shannon E Sauer-ZavalaRuth A Baer
Mar 4, 2014·Journal of Clinical Psychology·Duncan Gill, Wayne Warburton
Apr 5, 2014·Personality and Mental Health·Bonnie Sturrock, David Mellor
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May 27, 2021·Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines·Salome VanwoerdenStephanie D Stepp
Aug 3, 2021·Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation·Ericka Ball CooperAmanda Venta

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