The relationship between borderline personality traits and parental attitudes, childhood traumas and difficulty in emotion regulation

This research covers the relationship between borderline personality traits, perceived parental attitudes, childhood traumas and difficulty in emotion regulation for adults aged 18-65. It was aimed to examine the mediating role of childhood traumas and perceived parental attitudes in the relationship between borderline personality traits and difficulty in emotion regulation. When the literature is reviewed, separate relationship patterns have been found between this borderline personality disorder or border personality traits and parental attitudes, childhood traumas, and difficulty in emotion regulation as a result of previous studies. However, it is thought that this study will contribute to the literature since there is no study that includes all these variables and examines the relationship between them. The "Demographic Information Form" was used to learn the socio-demographic characteristics of the participants. In addition, "Borderline Personality Inventory" to determine borderline personality traits of individuals, "Egna Minnen Betraffonde Uppfostron -My Memories of Upbringing (EMBU)" to determine parental attitudes, "Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ- 33)" to determine the level of childhood trauma, and "Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale-Brief Form (DERS-16)" to determine emotion regulation difficulties. " used. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS 24) package program was used to analyze the data collected from the scales. As a result of the research, when the mediating variable role of parental attitudes and childhood traumas in the effect of borderline personality traits on emotion regulation difficulties of adults is examined; It was determined that the dimensions of maternal overprotection, paternal overprotection, emotional abuse, physical abuse, emotional neglect, physical neglect, and overprotection/control dimensions of childhood traumas had a partial mediator role for relationship between borderline personality traits and difficulty in emotion regulation. Keywords: Borderline Personality Traits, Childhood Traumas, Difficulty in Emotion Regulation, Perceived Parental Attitudes.