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UPPS-P impulsivity and borderline personality disorder traits in a community sample

Nicola Gray Orcid Logo, JENNIFER PINK, Robert J. Snowden Orcid Logo

Psychiatry Research Communications, Volume: 5, Issue: 4, Start page: 100240

Swansea University Authors: Nicola Gray Orcid Logo, JENNIFER PINK

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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.psycom.2025.100240

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Impulsivity is seen as a key feature of borderline personality disorder (BPD) with rash action due to emotional states (or urgency) being prominent. Previous studies examining both positive and negative urgency have been equivocal as to which is most prominent. Further, issue due to the possible inf...

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Published in: Psychiatry Research Communications
ISSN: 2772-5987
Published: Elsevier BV 2025
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa71183
Abstract: Impulsivity is seen as a key feature of borderline personality disorder (BPD) with rash action due to emotional states (or urgency) being prominent. Previous studies examining both positive and negative urgency have been equivocal as to which is most prominent. Further, issue due to the possible influence of impression management and self-deceptive enhancement have not been considered. Self-reported impulsivity was assessed as a function of traits of BPD in a large (>400) community sample. Zero-order correlations showed all scales of the UPPS-P were related to BPD traits. However, regression analysis showed that only impulsivity related to high negative emotions (Negative Urgency) was uniquely predictive of BPD traits. While both impression management and self-deceptive enhancement were negatively related to BPD traits, they did not influence the relationship between impulsivity and BPD. No major gender differences were noted. The results differ from a previous report that suggested that BPD traits were related to Positive Urgency and support that BPD is characterised by rash actions when feeling negative emotions.
Keywords: Borderline personality disorder; Impulsivity; Urgency; Gender differences; UPPS-P
College: Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences
Funders: Jennifer Pink's work was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (UK).
Issue: 4
Start Page: 100240

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