Malevolent object representations in borderline personality disorder and major depression

Autor: J T, Nigg, N E, Lohr, D, Western, L J, Gold, K R, Silk
Rok vydání: 1992
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Zdroj: Journal of abnormal psychology. 101(1)
ISSN: 0021-843X
Popis: 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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