Dispositional and Contextual Risk Factors Associated with Borderline Personality Features and Intimate Partner Violence

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dc.contributor.advisorBabcock, Julia C.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberVincent, John P.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberKnee, C. Raymond
dc.contributor.committeeMemberLeung, Patrick
dc.creatorArmenti, Nicholas A.
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-14T21:09:09Z
dc.date.available2019-09-14T21:09:09Z
dc.date.createdMay 2019
dc.date.issued2019-05
dc.date.submittedMay 2019
dc.date.updated2019-09-14T21:09:10Z
dc.description.abstractIndividuals with borderline personality features may be particularly susceptible to reacting to situational stressors with negative emotion and aggression. The current study employed an experimental rejection induction paradigm to examine reactions to imagined rejection from a current romantic partner among individuals with borderline personality features. Results of the experimental rejection induction paradigm indicated that when individuals were asked to imagine an ambiguous rejection by their current romantic partner, the relation between borderline personality features and state anger post-rejection was strengthened. For individuals who imagined a critical rejection, there was no significant relation between borderline personality features and state anger post-rejection. Borderline personality features was positively associated with rejection sensitivity, physical assault, and psychological aggression. While rejection sensitivity did not serve as a mediator of the relation between borderline personality features and physical assault and psychological aggression, trait anger fully mediated the relation between borderline personality features and psychological aggression. Clinically, this suggests that angry responses to actual or perceived rejection are relevant targets for individual and couples-based interventions, especially for those with borderline personality features.
dc.description.departmentPsychology, Department of
dc.format.digitalOriginborn digital
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10657/4627
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsThe author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).
dc.subjectBorderline personality features
dc.subjectRejection sensitivity
dc.subjectAnger
dc.subjectIntimate partner violence
dc.titleDispositional and Contextual Risk Factors Associated with Borderline Personality Features and Intimate Partner Violence
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dc.type.genreThesis
thesis.degree.collegeCollege of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
thesis.degree.departmentPsychology, Department of
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychology, Clinical
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy

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