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Assumptions in borderline personality disorder: specificity, stability and relationship with etiological factors

Arntz, Arnoud, Dietzel, Roos, Dreessen, Laura·1999·Behaviour Research and Therapy

Abstract

The specificity and stability of a set of assumptions hypothesized to be characteristic of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) was investigated. BPD patients (n = 16) were compared to cluster-C personality disorder patients (n = 12) and to normal controls (n = 15). All subjects were female and diagnosed with SCID-I and -II. Subjects rated a short version of the Personality Disorder Beliefs Questionnaire (PDBQ), with six sets of 20 assumptions each, hypothesized to be characteristic of avoidant, dependent, obsessive-compulsive, paranoid, histrionic and borderline personality disorder. The BPD assumptions (Cronbach alpha = 0.95) proved to be the most specific to BPD patients. Subjects rated the shortened PDBQ again after viewing an emotional video fragment one week later. Despite increased negative emotions, the PDBQ ratings remained relatively stable. Confirming the cognitive hypothesis, regression analyses indicated that the BPD assumptions mediate the relationship between self-reported etiological factors from childhood (sexual abuse and emotional/physical abuse) and BPD pathology assessed with the SCID-II. It is suggested that a set of assumptions is characteristic of BPD, and is relatively stable despite the instability of the behaviour of people diagnosed as having BPD.

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Authors
Arntz, A., Dietzel, R., & Dreessen, L.
Affiliations
Maastricht University (NL)
Corresponding author
Arntz, Arnoud
Venue
Behaviour Research and Therapy
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1999-06
Volume
37
Issue
6
Pages
545-557
ISSN
0005-7967 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2053537251
Cited by
109
References
19
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FWCI
4.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Behaviour Research and Therapy (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
Keywords
borderline personality disorder, etiological factors, child sexual abuse, childhood emotional abuse, child physical abuse, cluster C personality disorders, emotional video, negative emotions
MeSH terms
Adult, Affect, Borderline Personality Disorder, Child, Child Abuse, Dependent Personality Disorder, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Models, Psychological, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Paranoid Personality Disorder, Personality Disorders, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Sensitivity and Specificity, Reproducibility of Results

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