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Elucidating the relationship between borderline personality disorder and intimate partner violence

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Munro, Olivia E., Sellbom, Martin·2020·Personality and Mental Health
DOI 10.1002/pmh.1480
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This study examined the established association between borderline personality disorder (BPD) and intimate partner violence (IPV). More specifically, it compared the DSM‐5 traditional categorical personality disorder (PD) model with the DSM‐5 Alternative Model of PD (AMPD) operationalizations of BPD in their relative associations with IPV. The effects of gender, as well as the associations between BPD and different forms of IPV were also considered. Additionally, we investigated the specific BPD‐relevant AMPD personality traits that influence the BPD‐IPV association. The study sample were 250 community‐dwelling men and women recruited through an established crowdsourcing platform. Results revealed that both the ‘traditional’ and AMPD operationalizations of BPD were approximately equally associated with IPV perpetration, although the traditional BPD operationalization demonstrated some minor advantages in this regard. The AMPD trait facets of hostility (negative affectivity), suspiciousness (negative affectivity) and risk taking (disinhibition) were most strongly associated with IPV perpetration for the total sample, and additional negative affectivity trait facets were also associated with IPV for men only. Implications for these findings are discussed. © 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • Adults with BPD and adolescents with BPD features also are at increased risk for abuse or re-victimization as adults and for cumulative polyvictimization across the lifespan.

    “Adults with BPD [14, 96, 98, 118, 121] and adolescents with BPD features [89, 154, 182] also are at increased risk for abuse or re-victimization as adults and for cumulative polyvictimization across the lifespan.”

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    The Environmental factors—Adverse childhood experiences section (page unavailable) reports high rates of childhood abuse and other adversity among patients with BPD. Searches for adult victimisation, revictimisation, and polyvictimisation found no passage linking BPD to increased risk of abuse in adulthood or cumulative polyvictimisation across the lifespan; the paper chiefly examines IPV perpetration. (LLM, conf=0.73)

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Authors
Munro, O. E., & Sellbom, M.
Affiliations
University of Otago (NZ)
Corresponding author
Sellbom, Martin
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Venue
Personality and Mental Health
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2020-03-11
Volume
14
Issue
3
Pages
284-303
ISSN
  • 1932-8621 (ISSN-L)
  • 1932-863X
DOI
10.1002/pmh.1480
OpenAlex
W3012490946
Cited by
26
References
82
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 4
FWCI
1.60
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations
  • Personality and Mental Health (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Otago University Research Archive (University of Otago) (submittedVersion)
Funders
University of Otago
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
Keywords
borderline personality disorder, intimate partner violence, violence perpetration, Alternative Model for Personality Disorders, negative affectivity, disinhibition, suspicion, hostility, gender differences, personality traits
MeSH terms
Intimate Partner Violence, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Borderline Personality Disorder, Conflict, Psychological, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, New Zealand, Personality Inventory, Sex Factors, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Young Adult

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