TY - JOUR
T1 - Humor styles and borderline personality
AU - Schermer, Julie Aitken
AU - Martin, Rod A.
AU - Martin, Nicholas G.
AU - Lynskey, Michael T.
AU - Trull, Timothy J.
AU - Vernon, Philip A.
PY - 2015/12/1
Y1 - 2015/12/1
N2 - The present study examined the phenotypic, genetic, and environmental correlations between four humor styles (affiliative, self-enhancing, aggressive, and self-defeating) and four dimensions of borderline personality disorder (affective instability, identity disturbance, negative relationships, self-harm) as well as a total borderline personality disorder score. Participants were 574 same-sex Australian adult twin pairs. At the phenotypic level, the two adaptive humor style dimensions (affiliative and self-enhancing) were found to correlate negatively with borderline personality and the two maladaptive humor style dimensions (aggressive and self-defeating) were found to have positive correlations with borderline personality. Bivariate genetic analyses demonstrated significant genetic, common environment, and unique environmental correlations. These results indicate that a large component of the phenotypic association between borderline personality disorder and humor style arises from the influence of shared familial and environmental factors associated with both phenotypes.
AB - The present study examined the phenotypic, genetic, and environmental correlations between four humor styles (affiliative, self-enhancing, aggressive, and self-defeating) and four dimensions of borderline personality disorder (affective instability, identity disturbance, negative relationships, self-harm) as well as a total borderline personality disorder score. Participants were 574 same-sex Australian adult twin pairs. At the phenotypic level, the two adaptive humor style dimensions (affiliative and self-enhancing) were found to correlate negatively with borderline personality and the two maladaptive humor style dimensions (aggressive and self-defeating) were found to have positive correlations with borderline personality. Bivariate genetic analyses demonstrated significant genetic, common environment, and unique environmental correlations. These results indicate that a large component of the phenotypic association between borderline personality disorder and humor style arises from the influence of shared familial and environmental factors associated with both phenotypes.
KW - Behavior genetics
KW - Borderline personality
KW - Humor
KW - Twins
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84939427349&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2015.07.043
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2015.07.043
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84939427349
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 87
SP - 158
EP - 161
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
ER -