20. Predictors of Suicide Attempts: State and Trait Components
4 I+ H/ R7 k+ H0 V2 P4 L+ L. nDavid B. Goldston, Beth A. Reboussin and Stephanie Sergent Daniel
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The authors examined the state and trait components of 3 predictors of suicide attempts (depression, hopelessness, and anxiety), and their relationship to suicidal behavior. Self-report questionnaire and interview data from 180 adolescents enrolled in a prospective naturalistic study were analyzed. Between 23% and 30% of the variance in the predictors was attributable to subjects’ trait levels of these variables; the trait, as well as the state, components of the predictor variables were interrelated; and trait levels of these variables were consistently related to suicide attempts. To reduce long-term risk of suicide attempts, clinicians should focus not only on reducing short-term distress but also on reducing individuals’ more enduring patterns (trait levels) of negative affectivity.
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21. An Experimental Investigation of Emotion Dysregulation in Borderline Personality Disorder
% ]7 q! q+ z* T6 v6 y* R' u9 zKim L. Gratz, M. Zachary Rosenthal, Matthew T. Tull, C. W. Lejuez, John G. Gunderson9 B% e- y" f2 O2 x3 p2 C" f

9 V* u8 ?4 a% B% B. zDespite the prominent role of emotion dysregulation in theoretical accounts of borderline personality disorder (BPD), few studies have examined emotion dysregulation in BPD. This study extends extant research by providing an experimental investigation of emotion dysregulation among outpatients with BPD. Specifically, this study modified an experimental measure of distress tolerance to examine differences between outpatients with BPD (n = 17) and those without a personality disorder (n = 18) in 2 aspects of emotion dysregulation: (a) the unwillingness to experience emotional distress in order to pursue goal-directed behavior and (b) the inability to engage in goal-directed behavior when distressed. As hypothesized, BPD participants were less willing to experience distress in order to pursue goaldirected behavior. However, BPD participants did not evidence greater difficulties engaging in goaldirected behavior when distressed. Results highlight directions for future research and suggest that particular aspects of emotion dysregulation may be more or less relevant to BPD.
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" y( ^, e1 B2 u8 N+ r/ c4 N3 u$ aKeywords: borderline personality disorder, emotion dysregulation, emotion regulation, experiential avoidance, experimental assessment