Borderline Personality Features and Basic Psychological Needs during Adolescence

Armour, Jessie-Ann; Joussemet, Mireille; Varin, Rose; Cavenaghi, Anna; Lelièvre-Blais, Sophie; Mageau, Geneviève A.

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Objectives: Anchored in self-determination theory, this study investigates the associations between borderline personality disorder (BPD) features and basic psychological need frustration (BPNF) in adolescents.

Methods: Participants (N = 270; M age = 15.3) assessed their own BPD features and BPNF through an online questionnaire.

Results: Regression analyses revealed that frustrations of relatedness, autonomy, and competence were jointly and uniquely associated with more BPD features in adolescents, controlling for their gender and parents’ education.

Implications: These results suggest the importance of taking BPNF into account to better understand the early signs of BPD among adolescents.

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Borderline personality features,
basic psychological needs,
adolescence,
self-determination theory,
developmental psychopathology

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