Associations of Maternal Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms with Parenting Stress, Maternal Warmth, and Child Externalizing Problems

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dc.contributor.advisorZalewski, Maureen
dc.contributor.authorBoxberger, Alexandra
dc.contributor.authorO'Brien, Jacqueline
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-11T17:22:07Z
dc.date.available2020-08-11T17:22:07Z
dc.date.issued2020
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dc.description.abstractBorderline personality disorder (BPD) is a psychological disorder characterized by impulsivity, negative affect, and emotional and interpersonal dysregulation, all of which can directly impact the experience of being a parent. The purpose of this study was to further understand the pathway through which elevated symptoms of maternal BPD are associated with higher levels of externalizing problems in their children. Specifically, we investigated whether maternal warmth and parenting stress mediated this relationship to transfer risk of mental health difficulties. The participants in this study included 68 mothers and their 3-4 year old children (M= 48, SD= 7.6 months). Maternal BPD symptoms, parenting stress, and child externalizing problems were assessed through maternal report, while maternal warmth was assessed using observational measures during a dyadic stressor task. Results support that elevated maternal BPD symptoms are associated with higher levels of child externalizing problems, as well as with higher levels of parenting stress. However, elevated maternal BPD symptoms were not associated with lower levels of maternal warmth. Additionally, higher levels of parenting stress did not explain the association between maternal BPD symptoms and child externalizing problems. These findings suggest that maternal BPD symptoms confer risk of mental health difficulties in children, and that interventions targeting maternal BPD symptoms may be more effective in mitigating this risk than parenting interventions designed to improve warmth.en_US
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dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4890-5207
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/25442
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregon
dc.rightsCreative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
dc.subjectBorderline Personality Disorderen_US
dc.subjectPsychologyen_US
dc.subjectParentingen_US
dc.subjectBehavioren_US
dc.subjectMental healthen_US
dc.titleAssociations of Maternal Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms with Parenting Stress, Maternal Warmth, and Child Externalizing Problems
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