Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is characterized by significant interpersonal conflict, however the factors that contribute to violence among this population are not well known.

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 7 representative gaps

• Hallucinations in patients with borderline personality disorder: characteristics, severity, and relationship with schizotypy and loneliness (2019) · doi

  OBJECTIVE: In patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD), data are lacking on characteristics and severity of hallucinations in modalities other than the auditory (verbal) type.

  Keywords: objective patients borderline personality disorder lacking characteristics severity hallucinations modalities auditory verbal type
• Heightened Subjective Experience of Depression in Borderline Personality Disorder (2006) · doi

  Despite the frequent comorbidity of major depression and borderline personality disorder (BPD), limited research has examined what effect this comorbidity has on the severity, course, and presentation of depression.

  Keywords: comorbidity depression despite frequent major borderline personality disorder limited examined effect severity course presentation
• A Growth Curve Analysis of Emotion Dysregulation as a Mediator for Violence in Individuals with and without Borderline Personality Disorder (2012) · doi

  Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is characterized by significant interpersonal conflict, however the factors that contribute to violence among this population are not well known.

  Keywords: borderline personality disorder characterized significant interpersonal conflict factors contribute violence among population well known
• Emotion Dysregulation and Trait Anger Sequentially Mediate the Association Between Borderline Personality Disorder and Aggression (2016) · doi

  Emotion dysregulation and trait anger are seen as central aspects of aggression in borderline personality disorder (BPD); their interplay in aggression of BPD, however, remains unclear.

  Keywords: aggression emotion dysregulation trait anger seen central aspects borderline personality disorder interplay remains unclear
• Emotion Socialization Strategies of Mothers With Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms: The Role of Maternal Emotion Regulation and Interactions With Infant Temperament (2016) · doi

  Although the interpersonal difficulties associated with borderline personality disorder (BPD) are well established, their manifestations within the context of parent-child relationships remain understudied.

  Keywords: interpersonal difficulties associated borderline personality disorder well established manifestations within context parent child relationships remain
• Are inmates’ subjective sleep problems associated with borderline personality, psychopathy, and antisocial personality independent of depression and substance dependence? (2009) · doi

  Previous research investigating the relationship between Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and sleep problems, independent of depression, has been conducted on small atypical samples with mixed results.

  Keywords: previous investigating relationship borderline personality disorder sleep problems independent depression conducted small atypical samples mixed
• The Impact of Self-Reported Childhood Trauma on Emotion Regulation in Borderline Personality Disorder and Major Depression (2013) · doi

  Early life stress is said to play a critical role in the development of borderline personality disorder (BPD) and major depressive disorder (MDD), but the underlying mediating factors remain uncertain.

  Keywords: disorder early life stress said play critical role development borderline personality major depressive underlying mediating