Borderline personality traits, rumination and self-injurious behavior: An empirical test of the emotional cascades model in adult male offenders

Gardner, Kathryn Jane orcid iconORCID: 0000-0003-3904-1638, Dodsworth, Jo and Selby, Edward (2014) Borderline personality traits, rumination and self-injurious behavior: An empirical test of the emotional cascades model in adult male offenders. Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice, 14 (5). pp. 398-417. ISSN 1522-8932

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15228932.2014.962379

Abstract

The aim of the study was to examine whether the emotional cascade model, which suggests that the relationship between emotional and behavioural dysregulation in Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is mediated by rumination, applies to a sample of adult male offenders. The study focused on individuals with “BPD traits” and two dysregulated behaviors that are particularly relevant to the prison population: non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and suicidality. Participants were 179 adult male offenders detained in a medium-secure prison, all of whom completed a battery of measures and self-reported their actual prison behaviour. The results support the application of the emotional cascade model to adult male offenders, suggesting that emotional cascades may play an important role in NSSI and suicidality in this population, although this relationship needs further exploration. These findings highlight the benefits of targeting rumination to manage risk of NSSI and suicidality within custodial settings.


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