Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

1-2023

Abstract

While borderline personality disorder (BPD) symptomatology has been studied extensively in clinical populations, the mechanisms underlying its manifestation in nonclinical populations remain largely understudied. One aspect of BPD symptomatology in nonclinical populations that has not been well studied is cognitive mechanisms, especially in relation to executive functions. To explore the cognitive mechanisms underlying BPD symptomatology in nonclinical populations, we analysed a large-scale dataset of 233 young adults that were administered with nine executive function tasks and BPD symptomatology assessments. Our structural equation modelling did not find any significant relations between latent factors of executive functions and the severity of BPD symptomatology. Contrary to our hypothesis, our result suggests that deficits in executive functions were not a risk factor for BPD symptomatology in the nonclinical young adult sample.

Keywords

borderline personality disorder, executive functions, BPD symptomatology, inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, updating-working memory

Discipline

Cognitive Psychology | Personality and Social Contexts

Research Areas

Psychology

Publication

Brain Sciences

Volume

13

Issue

2

First Page

1

Last Page

17

ISSN

2076-3425

Identifier

10.3390/brainsci13020206

Publisher

MDPI

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13020206

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