Borderline Personality Traits Related to Life Events and Unpleasant/Pleasant Emotions in University Students

Abstract

This study examined the relationship of borderline personality traits with life events and unpleasant/pleasant emotions in university students. Study 1 developed the borderline personality traits scale, which consisted of six factors with sufficient internal consistency and validity. In Study 2, 378 university students completed a questionnaire assessing the borderline personality traits, and the frequency of negative and positive events and unpleasant/pleasant emotions in interpersonal and achievement domains. Analysis of the data yielded the following results. University students with high scores on the borderline personality traits scale reported more negative events in interpersonal and achievement domains, and they felt unpleasant about them. These students did not feel pleasant in spite of having positive events in achievement domains. The present results suggest that university students with borderline personality traits had difficulty to acknowledge positive life events as positive.View full abstract