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August 22, 2025Open Access

A Comparison of Borderline Personality Features and Level of Personality Functioning in Explaining Mentalizing Capacity

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CZCharlotte S. ZellKBKennedy M. BalzenJBJoseph Boudreaux

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Overview

Analysis shows level of personality functioning predicts mentalizing capacity better than borderline features, suggesting improved understanding of personality disorders.

Key Points

  • Level of personality functioning enhanced the prediction of mentalizing capacity significantly, while borderline features contributed less than half as much.
  • Hierarchical regression revealed that participants' level of personality functioning outperformed borderline features in explaining social-cognitive deficits.
  • Study involved 267 university students who completed measures of personality functioning, borderline features, and mentalizing ability.
  • Results underline the need for extending mentalization-based treatments to individuals with personality disorders as defined by the AMPD model.

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Zell et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af55c6ad7bf08b1eadbdfehttps://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-7076951/v1
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