Malevolent object representations in borderline personality disorder and major depression.
J Abnorm Psychol
; 101(1): 61-7, 1992 Feb.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-1537974
ABSTRACT
To study malevolent representations, earliest memories were reliably coded on scales of affect tone. Ss were diagnosed with borderline personality disorder 31 without and 30 with concurrent major depression. Nonborderline comparison subjects had either major depressive disorder (n = 26) or no psychiatric diagnosis (n = 30). Borderline subjects were discriminated from comparison subjects by their more malevolent representations; they more frequently produced memories involving deliberate injury; and they portrayed potential helpers as less helpful. Results suggest the diagnostic significance of malevolent representations, which need to be explained by any theory of borderline personality disorder.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Borderline Personality Disorder
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Affect
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Depressive Disorder
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Object Attachment
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
J Abnorm Psychol
Year:
1992
Type:
Article