Interpersonal Functioning in Borderline Personality Disorder Traits: A Social Media Perspective

This is the first study to demonstrate interpersonal difficulties associated with borderline personality disorder (BPD) features in the domain of social media. Using crowdsourcing, we presented participants with a battery of questions about their recent social media use, and then assessed their BPD...

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Published in:Scientific reports 2020-01, Vol.10 (1), p.1068-1068, Article 1068
Main Authors: Ooi, Jinnie, Michael, John, Lemola, Sakari, Butterfill, Stephen, Siew, Cynthia S. Q., Walasek, Lukasz
Format: Article
Language:English
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Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Borderline personality disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder - psychology
Cognition
Cognitive ability
Emotions
Female
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Male
Middle Aged
multidisciplinary
Personality
Personality disorders
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Social Behavior
Social Media
Social networks
Therapeutic applications
Young Adult
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Summary:This is the first study to demonstrate interpersonal difficulties associated with borderline personality disorder (BPD) features in the domain of social media. Using crowdsourcing, we presented participants with a battery of questions about their recent social media use, and then assessed their BPD features using the short form of the Five-Factor Borderline Inventory. The results revealed that individuals with higher BPD trait scores reported posting more often on social media, as well as a higher incidence of experiencing regret after posting on social media, and of deleting or editing their posts. They also report a higher degree of importance of social media in their social behavior and daily routines. These results highlight the pervasiveness of interpersonal difficulties associated with BPD features even in the non-clinical population, and demonstrate that these difficulties are also observable in social media behavior. Our findings may provide a starting point for research using data from social media to illuminate the cognitive and emotional processes underpinning the interpersonal difficulties associated with BPD features, and to inform and assess therapeutic interventions.
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-020-58001-x