The Relationship of Mindfulness, Self-Differentiation and Alexithymia With Borderline Personality Traits

Bagheri, Masoud; Khodai, Akaram

doi:10.52547/pcnm.11.2.38

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“…Certainty about mental states and self-differentiation have shown to have certain mutual correlates. Certainty about mental states has been negatively correlated with borderline personality disorder (BDP) features (Fonagy et al, 2016), the same as self-differentiation, specifically negatively correlated with defense mechanisms and fear of intimacy (Bagheri & Khodai, 2021). This dimension of mentalization is also negatively correlated with alexithymia and symptoms of autistic spectrum disorder (Morandotti et al, 2018).…”

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“…On the other hand, uncertainty about mental states includes poor imaginative, communication, and social skills and is correlated positively with BDP, eating disorder features, depression and impulsivity (Fonagy et al, 2016), alexithymia, and symptoms of autistic spectrum disorder (Morandotti et al, 2018), while it correlated negatively with mindfulness and perspective-taking (Fonagy et al, 2016). Besides certainty and uncertainty about mental states, borderline personality disorder features were also associated negatively with certain aspects of self-differentiation (Bagheri & Khodai, 2021).…”

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Differentiation of Self as a Predictor of Capacity for Mentalization

Todosijević¹,

Kojić²

2022

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The purpose of this research was to explore if the differentiation of self has a role in predicting capacity for mentalization in female samples. The data was collected using The Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (RFQ) and The Differentiation of Self Inventory (DSI) on a sample of 105 female participants, aged 18-50 years (M = 30.61, SD = 8.09). Both models containing self-differentiation as predictors were significant. The first model that predicted certainty about mental states explains 32.1% of the variance (R² = .32, F(6,98) = 7.732, p = .000), with I position (β = .459, p = .000) and emotional cutoff (β = -.245, p = .024) as significant predictors. The second model that predicted uncertainty about mental states explains 40.4% of the variance (R² = .40, F(6,98) = 11.086, p = .000), with age (β = .233, p = .007), education (β = -.208, p = .024), and emotional reactivity (β = .323, p = .005) as significant predictors. The obtained results indicate that different aspects of the differentiation of self can predict certainty and uncertainty about mental states in the female sample, but also that when it comes to phenomenon such as capacity for mentalization, certain sociodemographic variables (e.g., age, education) might play more important role then it was previously thought. Further research on this matter, with a bigger and more diverse sample, is strongly advised. Keywords: mentalization, self-differentiation, emotional reactivity, emotional cutoff

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