Borderline personality features in childhood: A short-term longitudinal study

Borderline personality disorder is a particularly devastating, yet understudied form of psychopathology. One of the most significant gaps in existing knowledge is the lack of systematic, prospective empirical attention to the developmental precursors of borderline personality. The present investigat...

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Vydané v:Development and psychopathology Ročník 17; číslo 4; s. 1051 - 1070
Hlavní autori: CRICK, NICKI R., MURRAY–CLOSE, DIANNA, WOODS, KATHLEEN
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.12.2005
Predmet:
Aggression - psychology
Behavior
Borderline personality disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder - diagnosis
Borderline Personality Disorder - psychology
Boys
Child
Childhood
Children
Depression - diagnosis
Depression - psychology
Disorders
Elementary school students
Emotions
Etiology
Female
Friends - psychology
Gender differences
Girls
Hostility
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Middle school students
Object Attachment
Paranoid Behavior - diagnosis
Paranoid Behavior - psychology
Pathology
Personality
Personality disorders
Personality Inventory - statistics & numerical data
Personality tests
Precursors
Psychometrics - statistics & numerical data
Psychopathology
R&D
Reproducibility of Results
Research & development
Risk factors
Self report
Sex Factors
Social Adjustment
Studies
ISSN:0954-5794, 1469-2198
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Shrnutí:Borderline personality disorder is a particularly devastating, yet understudied form of psychopathology. One of the most significant gaps in existing knowledge is the lack of systematic, prospective empirical attention to the developmental precursors of borderline personality. The present investigation was an exploratory attempt to address this limitation through (a) development of a psychometrically sound self-report instrument that assesses borderline personality features in childhood, the Borderline Personality Features Scale for Children (BPFS-C); (b) examination of the stability of BPF in childhood; (c) evaluation of gender differences in BPF in childhood; and (d) evaluation of the specificity of the BPFS-C for assessing borderline personality features. These goals were achieved through the prospective study of a normative sample of 400 (54% female) fourth though sixth graders who were assessed during the Fall of Year 1, Spring of Year 1, and Fall of Year 2. The use of linear mixed modeling techniques provided evidence for the construct validity of the BPFS-C. Further, borderline personality features as assessed with the BPFS-C were found to be moderately stable over the course of the study, with girls reporting higher levels of BPF than boys. Results also demonstrated that children's scores on the BPFS-C were uniquely related to indicators of borderline personality pathology above and beyond their scores on the Children's Depression Inventory. The implications of these results for the study of the development and etiology of borderline pathology are discussed.This research was supported by a grant to the first author from the National Institute of Mental Health (MH063684). We acknowledge Leslie Morey and Carol Rockhill for their extensive assistance with the development of the BPFS-C. We also thank the staff of the School Buddies Project and the teachers and children who participated in this study for their significant contributions.
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ISSN:0954-5794
1469-2198
DOI:10.1017/S0954579405050492