Interpersonal relationship difficulties in borderline personality disorder
Interpersonal relationship difficulties in borderline personality disorder
The literature concerning borderline by personality disorder (BPD) has considered several identified criteria/symptoms as potential core factors in the etiology of the disorder. However, to date there has been little focused consideration of the 'unstable and intense interpersonal relationships' criterion. This review targets this gap in the literature. In doing so, it ranges across psychoanalytic and cognitive theory. Psychoanalytic contributions concerning love/sex relationships, attachment theory and object relations theory are examined. Similarly, relevant contributions concerning multiple self-states theory, and theory of mind are considered. Finally, cognitive contributions are examined, including schema-focused theory.
A synthesis of the various theoretical approaches is presented, suggesting that the concepts provided by these different approaches can be mapped onto one another without difficulty. It is concluded that dysfunctional schematic representations/templates are a core factor in the development of difficulties in interpersonal relationships, and that such relationship difficulties may themselves be a core issue in the development of BPD. Schema focused theory is identified as being of specific use in understanding these issues. Finally, suggestions are made for appropriate research into these matters.
University of Southampton
1998
Reid, Norman Alexander
(1998)
Interpersonal relationship difficulties in borderline personality disorder.
University of Southampton, Doctoral Thesis.
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Abstract
The literature concerning borderline by personality disorder (BPD) has considered several identified criteria/symptoms as potential core factors in the etiology of the disorder. However, to date there has been little focused consideration of the 'unstable and intense interpersonal relationships' criterion. This review targets this gap in the literature. In doing so, it ranges across psychoanalytic and cognitive theory. Psychoanalytic contributions concerning love/sex relationships, attachment theory and object relations theory are examined. Similarly, relevant contributions concerning multiple self-states theory, and theory of mind are considered. Finally, cognitive contributions are examined, including schema-focused theory.
A synthesis of the various theoretical approaches is presented, suggesting that the concepts provided by these different approaches can be mapped onto one another without difficulty. It is concluded that dysfunctional schematic representations/templates are a core factor in the development of difficulties in interpersonal relationships, and that such relationship difficulties may themselves be a core issue in the development of BPD. Schema focused theory is identified as being of specific use in understanding these issues. Finally, suggestions are made for appropriate research into these matters.
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