C Meyer1, N Leung, R Feary, B Mann. 1. Department of Psychology, The University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom. c.meyer@warwick.ac.uk
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To establish whether borderline personality disorder symptoms play a mediating role in the relationship between early maladaptive schemata and bulimic symptomatology, using a nonclinical sample. METHOD: Sixty-one female undergraduate students completed the Bulimic Investigatory Test, Edinburgh (BITE), the Borderline Syndrome Index (BSI), and the short form of the Young Schema Questionnaire (YSQ). RESULTS: Borderline symptoms were found to be a perfect mediator in the relationship between defectiveness/shame beliefs and bulimic symptomatology. CONCLUSIONS: A model is proposed suggesting that the functional utility of bulimic behaviors might be in counteracting the negative emotions associated with borderline symptoms. Copyright 2001 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
OBJECTIVE: To establish whether borderline personality disorder symptoms play a mediating role in the relationship between early maladaptive schemata and bulimic symptomatology, using a nonclinical sample. METHOD: Sixty-one female undergraduate students completed the Bulimic Investigatory Test, Edinburgh (BITE), the Borderline Syndrome Index (BSI), and the short form of the Young Schema Questionnaire (YSQ). RESULTS: Borderline symptoms were found to be a perfect mediator in the relationship between defectiveness/shame beliefs and bulimic symptomatology. CONCLUSIONS: A model is proposed suggesting that the functional utility of bulimic behaviors might be in counteracting the negative emotions associated with borderline symptoms. Copyright 2001 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Authors: William Sperb; Jandilson A da Silva; Hugo Cogo-Moreira; Diogo R Lara; Hudson W de Carvalho Journal: Braz J Psychiatry Date: 2019 Nov-Dec Impact factor: 2.697