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Rejection sensitivity and executive control: Joint predictors of borderline personality features
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Two studies tested the hypothesis that rejection sensitivity (RS) and executive control (EC) jointly predict borderline personality (BP) features. We expected high RS to be related to increased vulnerability for BP features specifically in people who also had difficulties in executive control (EC). Study 1 tested this hypothesis using a sample of college students (N = 379) whereas Study 2 (N = 104) was conducted using a community sample of adults. Both studies operationalized EC by a self-report measure. For a subsample in Study 2 (N = 80), ability to delay gratification at age 4 was also used as an early behavioral precursor of EC in adulthood. In both studies, high RS was associated with increased BP features among people low in self-reported EC. Among those high in self-reported EC, the relationship between RS and BP features was attenuated. Study 2 found parallel findings using preschool delay ability as a behavioral index of EC. These findings suggest that EC may protect high RS people against BP features.
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“Four data-sets identified the effect of RS on BPD was mediated by executive control; RS was related to number of BPD features in individuals low on executive control (Ayduk et al., 2008;De Panfilis, Meehan, Cain, & Clarkin, 2016).”
From The link between rejection sensitivity and borderline personality disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2019) · cites this paper as Ayduk et al., 2008
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“This distinction is important when one considers the interaction with executive control: RS may only manifest as BPD in people with low levels of executive control (Ayduk et al., 2008;De Panfilis et al., 2016).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Ayduk, Ö., Zayas, V., Downey, G., Cole, A. B., Shoda, Y., & Mischel, W.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
- Columbia University (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Corresponding author
- Ayduk, Özlem
- Venue
- Journal of Research in Personality
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2008-02
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 151-168
- ISSN
- 0092-6566 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC2390893
- OpenAlex
- W1990760454
- Cited by
- 178
- References
- 79
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 8.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Journal of Research in Personality (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH069703, R37MH039349)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Keywords
- rejection sensitivity, executive function, borderline personality traits, delay of gratification, protective factors
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