Further understanding surrounding the process of adolescent resilience is required. With a sample of 173 female adolescents aged between 13 and 15 years (M = 13.98, SD = 0.39), this study explored relationships among negative events, coping, and eudaimonic well-being. Coping was tested as a mediator of the relationship between negative events and eudaimonic well-being. Participants completed a battery of self-report measures. Negative events were inversely related with eudaimonic well-being and engagement coping, but not significantly associated with disengagement coping. Primary and secondary control coping mediated associations between negative events and all eudaimonic well-being dimensions, excluding secondary control as a mediator of negative events and purpose in life. Implications regarding the refinement of resilience and informing psychological interventions are discussed.

The present study aimed to examine relationships between antisocial personality disorder (APD) symptoms in adulthood and retrospective reports of childhood maltreatment, parental bonding, and teasing, and while controlling for symptoms of depression and anxiety. Four hundred eleven non‐clinical participants (99 males, 312 females), aged 18–65 years, recruited from an Australian university and the general public, completed the questionnaire package. Findings indicated significant associations between childhood maltreatment, parental bonding, teasing, depression, and anxiety, and levels of APD symptomatology. Hierarchical regression analysis revealed that physical abuse, physical neglect, teasing, and level of father care made the largest unique contributions to the prediction of APD scores after statistically controlling for comorbid depression and anxiety. Analysis of variance revealed higher levels of APD symptoms were reported by males and younger participants. This research contributes importantly to our understanding of factors influencing APD symptomatology, with clinical and early intervention implications.

Objective: Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and the affective disorders, in particular depression, share some overlap in symptomatology and a set of common psychosocial determinants. The purpose of the current study was to provide further evidence informing debates of diagnostic distinction by quantifying (1) self-reported symptomatic comorbidity of the two disorders and (2) relative contributions of parental bonding and early maladaptive schemas to adult levels of borderline and depressive symptomatology. Method: A general population sample of 411 participants, ranging from 18 to 65 years (99 males and 312 females), completed the questionnaire package. Results: Retrospectively reported level of parental care was found to account for significant unique variance in adult borderline and depressive symptomatology. Furthermore, schemas of the Disconnection/ Rejection domain and others were found to significantly and concordantly predict both borderline and depressive symptomatology. Participants reporting substantive levels of borderline symptoms also reported depressive symptoms outside the normal range. Conclusions: These findings support significant overlap in the symptomatology, co-severity and psychosocial determinants of BPD and depression. These data have implications for the management and early prevention of both depression and BPD.

The link between Borderline Personality Disorder and childhood maltreatment is well established, although little research has explored abuse outside the familial environment. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between adult borderline symptomatology and childhood peer teasing in a non-clinical sample. Two hundred and twelve participants (M=30.64 years, range 18 to 73; 76 % female) completed questionnaires assessing levels of current borderline symptomatology and retrospectively reported childhood abuse and teasing. Regression supported the hypothesis that childhood peer teasing would be significantly associated with adult borderline symptomatology, even after controlling for depression and other forms of childhood abuse. This unique finding highlights the importance of looking beyond familial influences when investigating Borderline Personality Disorder risk factors. Further research is needed to corroborate these findings and explore other sources of toxic childhood experience.