Hostile-Helpless states of mind mediate relations between childhood abuse severity and personality disorder features
| Autor: | Sharon Melnick, Brent Finger, Sooyeon Byun, Karlen Lyons-Ruth |
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| Přispěvatelé: | NIMH grant R01MH062030, The Borderline Foundation American Psychoanalytic Research Foundation |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
media_common.quotation_subject Antisocial personality disorder 05 social sciences Personality pathology 16. Peace & justice medicine.disease 030227 psychiatry 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine mental disorders medicine Personality 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Young adult Psychiatry Psychology Psychological abuse Borderline personality disorder Attachment measures 050104 developmental & child psychology media_common Psychopathology |
| Zdroj: | Translational Developmental Psychiatry; Vol 3 (2015) |
| Popis: | Objective : The present study assessed whether the often reported relation between childhood abuse and the extent of borderline personality disorder (BPD) and antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) features would be mediated by Hostile–Helpless (HH) and/or Unresolved (U) states of mind on the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI). Method : One hundred and three young adults from low- to moderate-income families were assessed for HH and U states of mind on the AAI, psychopathology on the SCID I and II, and childhood abuse experiences on three validated measures of abuse. Results : As expected, childhood abuse was related to extent of both BPD and ASPD features and to HH states of mind. In addition, BPD and ASPD features were significantly related to HH states of mind on the AAI, and those states of mind mediated the relations between severity of childhood abuse and later BPD and ASPD features. Contrary to predictions, scores for lack of resolution of loss or trauma on the AAI were not found to mediate the relations between childhood abuse and either BPD or ASPD. Conclusions : Findings indicate that pervasively contradictory and unintegrated states of mind regarding attachment experiences play an important role in linking past abuse to current personality pathology. Keywords: Hostile–Helpless; attachment; borderline personality disorder; antisocial personality disorder; abuse; adult attachment interview (Published: 4 November 2015) Citation: Translational Developmental Psychiatry 2015, 3: 28785 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/tdp.v3.28785 |
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