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Early family environments and traumatic experiences associated with borderline personality disorder.
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Childhood trauma experiences (e.g., sexual abuse, physical abuse, witnessed violence, and early separation experiences) and family environment characteristics were assessed with a questionnaire from a sample of depressed female inpatients; 17 were diagnosed as having borderline personality disorder (BPD), and 19 received no such diagnosis (NBPD). Significantly more BPD individuals than NBPD individuals reported histories of sexual abuse, physical abuse, and witnessed violence. Of these trauma variables, sexual abuse emerged as the only significant predictor of dimensional BPD score, even after physical abuse, subjective depression score, diagnostic differences between groups, and family environment were controlled. Early separation experiences were nonsignificantly different between groups. Although the BPD families were reported to be distinctive for several different family environment characteristics, the control dimension significantly predicted dimensional borderline score even after sexual abuse was controlled. These results suggest that sexual abuse and general family environment need further study for a fuller understanding of BPD symptomatology.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Weaver, T. L., & Clum, G. A.
- Affiliations
- Medical University of South Carolina (US)
- ORCID
- Weaver, Terri L.
- Venue
- Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
- Published
- 1993-12
- Volume
- 61
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1068-1075
- ISSN
- 0022-006X (ISSN-L)
- 1939-2117
- OpenAlex
- W2137089344
- Cited by
- 184
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 4.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
- Keywords
- borderline personality disorder, child sexual abuse, child physical abuse, witnessing violence, family environment, depression, female inpatients
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Borderline Personality Disorder, Child Abuse, Child Abuse, Sexual, Family, Female, Humans, Life Change Events, Middle Aged, Personality Development, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Social Environment, Violence
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