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¹ Center of Excellence on Personality Disorder, Psychiatric Research Unit, Slagelse Psychiatric Hospital, Slagelse, Denmark, bbpn@regionsjaelland.dk.

² Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

¹ Center of Excellence on Personality Disorder, Psychiatric Research Unit, Slagelse Psychiatric Hospital, Slagelse, Denmark, bbpn@regionsjaelland.dk.

² Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Psychiatric outpatients with predominant BPD features (n = 142; 68% females) were administered the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis II (SCID-II) and self-report inventories for schemas and modes. Associations were investigated by means of bivariate point-biserial correlations and multiple logistic regression analysis. BPD features were largely associated with conceptually related schemas and modes. Consistent with the schema therapy literature and previous research, we found schemas of Abandonment/Instability and Mistrust/Abuse along with modes of Angry/Enraged Child, (internalized) Punitive Parent, and Impulsive Child to uniquely predict thematically related BPD features including fear of abandonment, self-destructiveness, feelings of emptiness, stress-related paranoid ideation, inappropriate anger, and impulsivity. Most of the 9 BPD features were related to conceptually meaningful schemas/modes, suggesting that BPD is composed of dormant themes along with salient affective-behavioral responses. Consequently, individual BPD features may be differentially conceptualized and targeted in therapy by means of schemas and modes. Bach B, et al. Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2019 Jan;32(1):38-49. doi: 10.1097/YCO.0000000000000464. Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2019. PMID: 30299307 Barazandeh H, et al. Psychiatry Res. 2018 Mar;261:1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.12.023. Epub 2017 Dec 14. Psychiatry Res. 2018. PMID: 29272751 Bach B, et al. Psychiatry Res. 2018 Jan;259:323-329. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.10.039. Epub 2017 Nov 5. Psychiatry Res. 2018. PMID: 29101874 Leppänen V, et al. Personal Ment Health. 2016 Feb;10(1):58-71. doi: 10.1002/pmh.1304. Epub 2015 Sep 2. Personal Ment Health. 2016. PMID: 26333517