BIS and BAS interact with perceived parental affectionless control to predict personality disorder symptomatology.
Journal Article
The objective of this study was to examine if and how two basic dimensions of temperament-behavioral inhibition system (BIS) and behavioral approach system (BAS) sensitivity-might interact with exposure to perceived parental affectionless control (AFC) to predict personality disorder (PD) symptomatology. Measures of BIS, BAS, AFC, and PD symptomatology were administered to a large nonclinical sample (n = 318). As predicted, exposure to AFC was positively associated with PD symptoms in general, BIS was positively associated with Cluster A and C symptoms, and BAS was positively associated with Cluster B symptoms. BIS and BAS were also found to interact with each other to predict Cluster B symptomatology. In addition, BIS, BAS, and maternal AFC interacted to predict Cluster A symptomatology. In the latter case, it was found that individuals who reported high BIS, high BAS, and high maternal AFC reported the highest overall level of Cluster A symptoms.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Kimbrel, NA; Mitchell, JT; Hundt, NE; Robertson, CD; Nelson-Gray, RO
Published Date
- April 2012
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 26 / 2
Start / End Page
- 203 - 212
PubMed ID
- 22486450
Pubmed Central ID
- 22486450
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1943-2763
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1521/pedi.2012.26.2.203
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States