37 Linehan的素質-壓力理論(diathesis-stress theory)認為,邊緣性性格疾患(borderline personality disorder)的素質其主要因子為:
(A) 「無法整合」和「絕望」(dysintegration and hopelessness)
(B) 「情緒無法調節」及「無效能」(dysregulation and invalidation)
(C) 「認知偏差」及「歸因錯誤」(cognitive bias and attribution error)
(D) 「分割防衛機轉」及「失功能自我」(splitting defense mechanism and dysfunctioning ego)