Title |
Temperament and character traits in female adolescents with nonsuicidal self-injury disorder with and without comorbid borderline personality disorder
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Published in |
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, January 2017
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DOI | 10.1186/s13034-016-0142-3 |
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Authors |
Taru Tschan, Claudia Peter-Ruf, Marc Schmid, Tina In-Albon |
Abstract |
Temperament and character traits of adolescents with nonsuicidal self-injury disorder (NSSI) might differentiate those- with and without comorbid borderline personality disorder (BPD). Participants were 57 female adolescents with NSSI disorder without BPD (NSSI - BPD), 14 adolescents with NSSI disorder and BPD (NSSI + BPD), 32 clinical controls (CC), and 64 nonclinical controls (NC). Temperament and character traits were assessed with the Junior Temperament and Character Inventory, and impulsivity with the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale and a Go/NoGo task. Adolescents with NSSI disorder scored significantly higher on novelty seeking and harm avoidance and lower on persistence, self-directedness, and cooperativeness than CC. The NSSI + BPD group scored even higher than the NSSI - BPD group on novelty seeking and harm avoidance and lower on persistence and cooperativeness (d ≥ 0.72). Adolescents with NSSI reported higher levels of impulsivity than the CC and NC group. However, this difference was not found in a Go/NoGo task. The results provide further evidence for a distinct diagnostic entity of NSSI disorder. |
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