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Partners’ personality traits and anger styles as mediators in the relationship between borderline personality traits and sexual self-schema

Year 2025, Volume: 6 Issue: 4, 416 - 421, 31.08.2025
https://doi.org/10.47582/jompac.1569904

Abstract

Aims: This study aims to examine the mediating role of anger styles and personality traits in the relationship between borderline personality traits and sexual self-schemas exhibited by individuals.
Methods: In this study, 402 participants aged 18 and older (249 women and 153 men) completed the socio-demographic information form, the borderline personality scale, the sexual self-schema scale, and the state-trait anger expression inventory. The research employed the relational screening model. Statistical analyses were conducted using IBM SPSS 27 software.
Results: According to the findings of the study, borderline personality traits were found to be negatively associated with loving/compassionate, sensual/stimulating, and direct/straightforward sexual self-schemas. There is a significant negative correlation between all sexual self-schemas and trait anger, including anger-in and anger-out behaviors. Similarly, a significant negative correlation was found between sexual self-schemas and borderline personality traits. On the other hand, there was a negative correlation between neuroticism, one of the five-factor personality traits, and sexual self-schemas, and a positive correlation between neuroticism and borderline personality traits. Furthermore, mediation analyses suggested that anger styles may function as a possible mechanism in the relationship between borderline personality traits and sexual self-schemas. Neuroticism was also identified as a potential mechanism in this relationship.
Conclusion: Based on the findings from this study, borderline personality traits appear to be associated with lower levels of loving/compassionate, sensual/stimulating, and direct/straightforward sexual self-schemas. Anger styles and neuroticism, one of the five-factor personality traits, were also found to be potential mechanisms explaining this relationship.

Ethical Statement

The study was conducted with the permission of the Istanbul Doğuş University Ethics Committee (Date 26.01.2024, Decision No: 2023/86).

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References

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  • Haggard P. Sense of agency in the human brain. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2017; 18(4):196-207. doi:10.1038/nrn.2017.14
  • Kobylińska D, Zajenkowski M, Lewczuk K. The mediational role of emotion regulation in the relationship between personality and subjective well-being. Curr Psychol. 2020;41(6):4098-4111. doi:10.1007/s12144-020-00861-7
  • Bilge Y, Emiral E. The mediator role of BIS/BAS systems in the relationship between psychological symptoms and borderline personality features: conformation from a non-Western sample. Curr Psycho. 2021;41(12):9008-9018. doi:10.1007/s12144-021-01386-3
  • Neustadter ES, Fineberg SK, Leavitt J, Carr MM, Corlett PR. Induced illusory body ownership in borderline personality disorder. Neurosci Conscious. 2019;2019(1):1-10. doi:10.1093/nc/niz017
  • Engbert K, Wohlschläger A, Thomas R, Haggard P. Agency, subjective time, and other minds. J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform. 2007;33(6): 1261-1268. doi:10.1037/0096-1523.33.6.1261
  • Gunderson JG, Kolb JE, Austin V. The diagnostic interview for borderline patients. Am J Psychiatry. 1981;138(7):896-903. doi:10.1176/ajp.138.7.896
  • Poreh AM, Rawlings D, Claridge G, Freeman JL, Faulkner C, Shelton C. The BPQ: a scale for the assessment of borderline personality based on DSM-IV criteria. J Pers Disord. 2006;20(3):247-60. doi:10.1521/pedi. 2006.20.3.247
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  • Andersen BL, Cyranowski JM. Women’s sexual self-schema. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1994;67(6):1079-1100. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.67.6.1079
  • Andersen BL, Cyranowski JM, Espindle D. Men's sexual self-schema. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1999;76(4):645-661. doi:10.1037//0022-3514.76.4.645
  • Hill DB. Differences and similarities in men's and women's sexual self-schemas. J Sex Res. 2007;44(2):135-143. doi:10.1080/00224490701263611
  • Koçak G, Fışıloğlu H. Cinsel benlik şeması ölçeği'nin üniversite örnekleminde geçerlik ve güvenilirlik çalışması. Klinik Psikiyatri. 2010; 13(4):159-169. https://toad.halileksi.net/olcek/cinsel-benlik-semasi-olcegi/
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  • Ulu S. Ergenlerde algılanan duygusal istismar ile sürekli öfke düzeyi ve öfke ifade biçimleri arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesi. (Yayımlanmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi), Maltepe Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, İstanbul. 2011. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12415/10584
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  • Anello K, Lannin DG, Hermann AD. The values of narcissistic grandiosity and vulnerability. Personality Individual Differences. 2019; 150:1-6. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2019.06.021
  • Armenti NA, Babcock JC. Borderline personality features, anger, and intimate partner violence: an experimental manipulation of rejection. J Interpers Violence. 2018;36(5-6):1-26. doi:10.1177/0886260518771686
  • Nıckel MK, Nıckel C, Mıtterlehner FO, et al. Topiramate treatment of aggression in female borderline personality disorder patients: a double- blind, placebo-controlled study. J Clin Psychiatry. 2004;65(11):21-31. doi:10.4088/jcp.v65n1112
  • Chapman AL, Cellucci T. The role of antisocial and borderline personality features in substance dependence among incarcerated females. Addict Behav. 2007;32(6):1131-1145. doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2006.08.001
  • Howard J, De Jesu S-Romero R, Peipert A, Riley T, Rutter LA, Lorenzo-Luaces L. The significance of anxiety symptoms in predicting psychosocial functioning across borderline personality traits. PLoS One. 2021;16(1):e0245099. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0245099
  • Boldero JM, Hulbert CA, Bloom L, et al. Rejection sensitivity and negative self-beliefs as mediators of association between the number of borderline personality disorder features and self-reported adult attachment. Personality Mental Health. 2009;3(4):248-262. doi:10.1002/pmh.93
  • Widiger TA, Trull TJ. Personality and psychopathology: an application of the five-factor model. J Pers. 1992;60(2):363-393. doi:10. 1111/j.1467-6494.1992.tb00977.x

Borderline kişilik örgütlenmesi ile cinsel benlik şeması arasındaki ilişkide partnerlerinin kişilik özellikleri ve öfke tarzlarının aracı rolü

Year 2025, Volume: 6 Issue: 4, 416 - 421, 31.08.2025
https://doi.org/10.47582/jompac.1569904

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı bireylerin gösterdiği borderline kişilik özellikleri ve cinsel benlik şemaları arasındaki ilişkide öfke tarzları ve kişilik özelliklerinin aracı rolünü incelemektir.
Method: Bu çalışmada 18 yaş ve üzeri 249 kadın ve 153 erkek olmak üzere 402 katılımcı; Sosyo-demografik Bilgi Formu, Borderline Kişilik Ölçeği, Cinsel Benlik Şeması Ölçeği ve Sürekli Öfke ve Öfke İfade Tarz Ölçeği’ni tamamlamıştır. Araştırmada ilişkisel tarama modeli kullanılmıştır. Yapılan istatistiksel analizler IBM SPSS 27 yazılımı kullanılarak yapılmıştır.
Bulgular: Yapılan çalışmada elde edilen bulgulara göre borderline kişilik özelliklerinin sevgi dolu/şefkatli, şehvetli/tahrik edici ve dolaysız/açık sözlü cinsel benlik şemalarını anlamlı düzeyde yordadığı saptanmıştır. Cinsel benlik şemalarının tümünün sürekli öfke, içe öfke ve dışa öfke ile negatif yönde anlamlı korelasyona sahip olduğu bulunmuştur. Buna benzer biçimde cinsel benlik şemaları ve borderline kişilik özellikleri arasında da negatif yönde anlamlı bir korelasyon saptanmıştır. Beş faktörlü kişilik özelliklerinden duygusal istikrarsızlık ile cinsel benlik şemaları arasındaki ilişki negatif korelasyona sahipken borderline kişilik özellikleri ile pozitif bir korelasyona sahip olduğu görülmüştür.
Sonuç: Bu çalışmadan elde edilen bulgular doğrultusunda borderline kişilik özelliklerinin bireyde; sevgi dolu/şefkatli, şehvetli/ tahrik edici, dolaysız/açık sözlü olmak üzere üç cinsel benlik şemasına sahip olmaya neden olabileceği görülmüştür. Borderline kişilik özellikleri ile cinsel benlik şemaları arasındaki ilişkide öfke tarzlarının aracı rol oynadı saptanmakla birlikte beş faktörlü kişilik özellikleri içerisinden duygusal istikrarsızlığın da yine bu ilişkide aracı rol üstlendiği görülmüştür.

References

  • Clarkin JF, Widiger TA, Frances A, Hurt SW, Gilmore M. Prototypic typology and the borderline personality disorder. J Abnorm Psychol. 1983;92(3):263-275. doi:10.1037//0021-843x.92.3.263
  • Bouchard S, Sabourin S, Lussier Y, Villeneuve E. Relationship quality and stability in couples when one partner suffers from borderline personality disorder. J Marital Fam Ther. 2009;35(4):446-455. doi:10. 1111/j.1752-0606.2009.00151.x
  • Haggard P. Sense of agency in the human brain. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2017; 18(4):196-207. doi:10.1038/nrn.2017.14
  • Kobylińska D, Zajenkowski M, Lewczuk K. The mediational role of emotion regulation in the relationship between personality and subjective well-being. Curr Psychol. 2020;41(6):4098-4111. doi:10.1007/s12144-020-00861-7
  • Bilge Y, Emiral E. The mediator role of BIS/BAS systems in the relationship between psychological symptoms and borderline personality features: conformation from a non-Western sample. Curr Psycho. 2021;41(12):9008-9018. doi:10.1007/s12144-021-01386-3
  • Neustadter ES, Fineberg SK, Leavitt J, Carr MM, Corlett PR. Induced illusory body ownership in borderline personality disorder. Neurosci Conscious. 2019;2019(1):1-10. doi:10.1093/nc/niz017
  • Engbert K, Wohlschläger A, Thomas R, Haggard P. Agency, subjective time, and other minds. J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform. 2007;33(6): 1261-1268. doi:10.1037/0096-1523.33.6.1261
  • Gunderson JG, Kolb JE, Austin V. The diagnostic interview for borderline patients. Am J Psychiatry. 1981;138(7):896-903. doi:10.1176/ajp.138.7.896
  • Poreh AM, Rawlings D, Claridge G, Freeman JL, Faulkner C, Shelton C. The BPQ: a scale for the assessment of borderline personality based on DSM-IV criteria. J Pers Disord. 2006;20(3):247-60. doi:10.1521/pedi. 2006.20.3.247
  • Ceylan, V. Borderline kişilik ölçeği (Türkçe BPQ): geçerlik,güvenirliği, faktör yapısı. Hasan Kalyoncu Üniversitesi. 2017:1-106. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11782/1622
  • Andersen BL, Cyranowski JM. Women’s sexual self-schema. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1994;67(6):1079-1100. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.67.6.1079
  • Andersen BL, Cyranowski JM, Espindle D. Men's sexual self-schema. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1999;76(4):645-661. doi:10.1037//0022-3514.76.4.645
  • Hill DB. Differences and similarities in men's and women's sexual self-schemas. J Sex Res. 2007;44(2):135-143. doi:10.1080/00224490701263611
  • Koçak G, Fışıloğlu H. Cinsel benlik şeması ölçeği'nin üniversite örnekleminde geçerlik ve güvenilirlik çalışması. Klinik Psikiyatri. 2010; 13(4):159-169. https://toad.halileksi.net/olcek/cinsel-benlik-semasi-olcegi/
  • Spielberger CD, Jacobs G, Russell S, Crane RS. Assessment of anger: the state-trait anger scale. In: Butcher JN, Spielberger CD, eds, Advances in personality assessment. 2nd ed. Hillsdale, NJ:Erlbaum;1983.
  • Özer AK. Sürekli öfke ve öfke ifade tarzı ölçekleri ön çalışması. Türk Psikoloji Dergisi. 1994;9(31):26-35.
  • Ulu S. Ergenlerde algılanan duygusal istismar ile sürekli öfke düzeyi ve öfke ifade biçimleri arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesi. (Yayımlanmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi), Maltepe Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, İstanbul. 2011. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12415/10584
  • Can A. SPSS ile bilimsel araştırma sürecinde nicel veri analizi. 1st ed. Pegem Akademi Yayıncılık; 2013.
  • Hahs-Vaughn DL, Lomax R. An introduction to statistical concepts. 4th ed. New York: Routledge; 2020.
  • Bornovalova MA, Fishman S, Strong DR, Kruglanski AW, Lejuez CW. Borderline personality disorder in the context of self-regulation: understanding symptoms and hallmark features as deficits in locomotion and assessment. Personality Individual Differences. 2008;44(1):22-31. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2007.07.001
  • Rickards S, Laaser M. Sexual acting-out in borderline women: impulsive self-destructiveness or sexual addiction/compulsivity? Sexual Addiction Compulsivity. 1999;6(1):31-45. doi:10.1080/10720169908400177
  • Anello K, Lannin DG, Hermann AD. The values of narcissistic grandiosity and vulnerability. Personality Individual Differences. 2019; 150:1-6. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2019.06.021
  • Armenti NA, Babcock JC. Borderline personality features, anger, and intimate partner violence: an experimental manipulation of rejection. J Interpers Violence. 2018;36(5-6):1-26. doi:10.1177/0886260518771686
  • Nıckel MK, Nıckel C, Mıtterlehner FO, et al. Topiramate treatment of aggression in female borderline personality disorder patients: a double- blind, placebo-controlled study. J Clin Psychiatry. 2004;65(11):21-31. doi:10.4088/jcp.v65n1112
  • Chapman AL, Cellucci T. The role of antisocial and borderline personality features in substance dependence among incarcerated females. Addict Behav. 2007;32(6):1131-1145. doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2006.08.001
  • Howard J, De Jesu S-Romero R, Peipert A, Riley T, Rutter LA, Lorenzo-Luaces L. The significance of anxiety symptoms in predicting psychosocial functioning across borderline personality traits. PLoS One. 2021;16(1):e0245099. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0245099
  • Boldero JM, Hulbert CA, Bloom L, et al. Rejection sensitivity and negative self-beliefs as mediators of association between the number of borderline personality disorder features and self-reported adult attachment. Personality Mental Health. 2009;3(4):248-262. doi:10.1002/pmh.93
  • Widiger TA, Trull TJ. Personality and psychopathology: an application of the five-factor model. J Pers. 1992;60(2):363-393. doi:10. 1111/j.1467-6494.1992.tb00977.x
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Primary Language English
Subjects Clinical Psychology, Counselling Psychology
Journal Section Research Articles [en] Araştırma Makaleleri [tr]
Authors

Kahraman Güler 0000-0002-0049-0658

Volkan Demir 0000-0002-8148-8647

Early Pub Date August 30, 2025
Publication Date August 31, 2025
Submission Date July 2, 2025
Acceptance Date August 15, 2025
Published in Issue Year 2025 Volume: 6 Issue: 4

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AMA Güler K, Demir V. Partners’ personality traits and anger styles as mediators in the relationship between borderline personality traits and sexual self-schema. J Med Palliat Care / JOMPAC / jompac. August 2025;6(4):416-421. doi:10.47582/jompac.1569904

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