scholarly journals Explicit and Implicit Measures of Identity Diffusion in Adolescent Girls With Borderline Personality Disorder

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Plakolm Erlač ◽  
Valentin Bucik ◽  
Hojka Gregorič Kumperščak
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Personality Development ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
The Core ◽  
Identity Diffusion ◽  
Implicit And Explicit ◽  
Explicit Measures ◽  
Healthy Personality

The present study is the first to examine both the implicit and explicit self-concept of identity diffusion in a sample of adolescent patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD). A clinical sample of adolescent girls with diagnosed BPD (N = 30; M age = 15.9 years) and a sample of girls with a healthy personality development (N = 33; M age = 16.6 years) completed an implicit association test (IAT) that was adjusted to identity diffusion, the core of BPD. Common domains of child and adolescent psychopathology and core components of BPD were assessed using self-reports on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), the Borderline Personality Features Scale for Children—11 (BPFSC-11) and the Assessment of Identity Development in Adolescence (AIDA). BPD patients scored significantly higher on explicit measures of borderline pathology than girls with a healthy personality development. A crucial finding for this study was that girls with BPD had a significantly lower implicit preference for stability than their counterparts in the control group. Moreover, explicit measures of borderline personality pathology were significantly correlated with an implicit measure of identity diffusion, the core of BPD. However, when looking at the predictive ability of implicit and explicit measures, only explicit identity diffusion was significantly associated with borderline features. Our data suggests that adolescent girls with BPD differ from healthy individuals not only in their conscious representation but also in their implicit representation of the self with regard to BPD related characteristics, which further advances the need for the identification of at-risk adolescents.

scholarly journals Daily shame and hostile irritability in adolescent girls with borderline personality disorder symptoms.

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lori N. Scott ◽  
Stephanie D. Stepp ◽  
Michael N. Hallquist ◽  
Diana J. Whalen ◽  
Aidan G. C. Wright ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Borderline Personality

Borderline personality disorder: part 1 – assessment and diagnosis

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 159-172
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Garland ◽  
Stephen Miller
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Clinical Features ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
The Core ◽  
Diagnostic Practice ◽  
Assessment And Diagnosis

SUMMARYGeneral adult psychiatrists are largely responsible for the care of patients with personality disorders in community and in-patient settings, and this can be associated with diagnostic and management challenges. In the first of two articles focusing specifically on borderline personality disorder (BPD), we summarise the core clinical features of the disorder and discuss appropriate diagnostic practice.

Understanding Interpersonal Dysfunction in Borderline Personality Disorder

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 355-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annemarie Miano ◽  
Isabel Dziobek ◽  
Stefan Roepke
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Empathic Accuracy ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
Heterosexual Couples ◽  
The Core ◽  
Interpersonal Difficulties ◽  
Interpersonal Dysfunction

The core interpersonal dysfunction in borderline personality disorder (BPD) has not yet been conclusively explained. We used a naturalistic dyadic paradigm to test for the presence of functional empathic inaccuracy in BPD, which is a reduced understanding of the partner’s feelings in relationship-threatening situations. A total of 64 heterosexual couples ( N = 128) were videotaped while engaging in (a) neutral (favorite films), (b) personally threatening (personal fears), and (c) relationship-threatening (separation from partner) conversations. Females were either diagnosed with BPD or healthy controls. Empathic accuracy (EA) was measured from the recorded interactions. Healthy couples’ EA was lower during relationship-threatening compared with personally threatening situations. In contrast, women with BPD showed increased EA, relative to the controls, for relationship- versus personally threatening situations. Reduced EA in response to relationship-threatening situations is likely to be relationship protective. This mechanism appears to be defective in women with BPD, which might explain the interpersonal difficulties experienced by BPD individuals.

scholarly journals The Pathogenesis and Treatment of Emotion Dysregulation in Borderline Personality Disorder

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Laddis
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Emotion Dysregulation ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Efficacy Study ◽  
Emotional Lability ◽  
Imaging Findings ◽  
The Core ◽  
Core Deficit ◽  
Key Factor

Uncontrollable emotional lability and impulsivity are a paramount phenomenon of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). This paper aims to review theories that entertain emotion dysregulation as the core deficit of BPD and a key factor in the etiology of BPD, in order, then, to propose the author’s own theory, which arguably transcends certain limitations of the earlier ones. The author asserts that his psychodynamic theory explains the symptoms of BPD more thoroughly and it inspires a more parsimonious interpretation of brain imaging findings. In closing, the author draws implications of the proposed theory for clinical practice. He reports an efficacy study for treatment of emotion dysregulation based on that theory.

Clinical Phenomenology of Borderline Personality Disorder

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry Siever
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Clinical Manifestations ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
The Core ◽  
Clinical Phenomenology ◽  
The Brain

This chapter takes an in-depth look at the clinical phenomenology of borderline personality disorder (BPD); the core, essential dimensions that are widely recognized as part of this personality disorder; and will essentially examine what an individual with BPD looks like. Although research on mental illness is moving toward a more neurobiological approach to understanding illness, as we learn more about the brain and the ways in which it affects us, clinicians must maintain awareness of clinical phenomenology. The importance of learning the biological components of mental illness cannot be underscored enough, but as we learn what parts of the brain are activated during various mental activities, we need to be able to understand patients’ clinical manifestations of a disorder and the ways in which it directly affects their lives and the lives of those around them.

scholarly journals Implicit and Explicit Mentalizing Deficits in Adolescent Inpatients: Specificity and Incremental Value of Borderline Pathology

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (Supplement B) ◽  
pp. 64-83
Author(s):  
Francesca Penner ◽  
Veronica McLaren ◽  
Jacob Leavitt ◽  
Omer Faruk Akca ◽  
Carla Sharp
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Incremental Value ◽  
Healthy Control ◽  
Implicit And Explicit ◽  
Adolescent Inpatients ◽  
Internalizing And Externalizing

Research has demonstrated mentalizing impairment associated with borderline personality disorder (BPD) in adolescents. However, mentalizing performance in adolescents with BPD has never been compared to that of psychiatric control and healthy control adolescents simultaneously. The present study aimed to (a) compare implicit and explicit mentalizing, and hypermentalizing errors in implicit mentalizing, across youth with BPD and psychiatric and healthy controls, and (b) evaluate the association of borderline features with mentalizing deficits over and above internalizing and externalizing. Psychiatric inpatients with BPD (n = 139), inpatient psychiatric controls (n = 310), and healthy adolescents (n = 134) completed two mentalizing tasks, an interview assessing BPD, and measures of psychopathology. Results showed that BPD specificity could be demonstrated only for implicit mentalizing and hypermentalizing. Explicit mentalizing deficits did not differ between BPD and psychiatric control groups. Borderline features had unique associations to implicit mentalizing and hypermentalizing, over and above internalizing and externalizing.

scholarly journals Rejection Sensitivity and Borderline Personality Disorder Features: The Mediating Roles of Attachment Anxiety, Need to Belong, and Self-Criticism

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 273-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Momoko Sato ◽  
Peter Fonagy ◽  
Patrick Luyten
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Rejection Sensitivity ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Attachment Anxiety ◽  
Need To Belong ◽  
The Core ◽  
Developmental Mechanisms ◽  
Core Feature ◽  
High Rejection

Rejection hypersensitivity has been considered the core feature of patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD). However, little is known about the possible developmental mechanisms that might explain the association between rejection sensitivity and BPD features. The current study investigated the mediating roles of adult attachment, need to belong, and self-criticism in the association between rejection sensitivity and BPD features in 256 healthy adults. Results indicated that attachment anxiety, need to belong, and self-criticism mediated the association between rejection sensitivity and BPD features. However, attachment anxiety and self-criticism did not moderate the mediated association between rejection sensitivity and BPD features. The findings suggest that individuals with high rejection sensitivity are more likely to be anxiously attached to significant others, which might increase the desire to be accepted by others. To satisfy this elevated need to affiliate with others, these individuals might become more self-critical, which may contribute to high BPD features.

scholarly journals Reciprocal effects of parenting and borderline personality disorder symptoms in adolescent girls

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 361-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie D. Stepp ◽  
Diana J. Whalen ◽  
Lori N. Scott ◽  
Maureen Zalewski ◽  
Rolf Loeber ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Reciprocal Relationship ◽  
Reciprocal Effects ◽  
Harsh Punishment ◽  
Time Specific ◽  
The Impact

AbstractTheories of borderline personality disorder (BPD) postulate that high-risk transactions between caregiver and child are important for the development and maintenance of the disorder. Little empirical evidence exists regarding the reciprocal effects of parenting on the development of BPD symptoms in adolescence. The impact of child and caregiver characteristics on this reciprocal relationship is also unknown. Thus, the current study examines bidirectional effects of parenting, specifically harsh punishment practices and caregiver low warmth, and BPD symptoms in girls aged 14–17 years based on annual, longitudinal data from the Pittsburgh Girls Study (N = 2,451) in the context of child and caregiver characteristics. We examined these associations through the use of autoregressive latent trajectory models to differentiate time-specific variations in BPD symptoms and parenting from the stable processes that steadily influence repeated measures within an individual. The developmental trajectories of BPD symptoms and parenting were moderately associated, suggesting a reciprocal relationship. There was some support for time-specific elevations in BPD symptoms predicting subsequent increases in harsh punishment and caregiver low warmth. There was little support for increases in harsh punishment and caregiver low warmth predicting subsequent elevations in BPD symptoms. Child impulsivity and negative affectivity, and caregiver psychopathology were related to parenting trajectories, while only child characteristics predicted BPD trajectories. The results highlight the stability of the reciprocal associations between parenting and BPD trajectories in adolescent girls and add to our understanding of the longitudinal course of BPD in youth.

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