TY - JOUR
AU - Foelsch, Pamela
AB - Borderline pathology has been characterized by intense, unstable interpersonal relations, which has been associated with deficits in object relations as well as insecure styles of attachment. This study explores the degree and nature of differences in attachment behavioral manifestations, attachment style, and attachment history between two differing samples, inpatient borderline and college normal. The two groups were compared on five measures assessing behavioral and representational aspects of attachment related phenomena: the Bell Object Relations Reality Testing Inventory (BORRTI), Sperling's Attachment Style Inventory (ASI), West and Sheldon's Reciprocal Attachment Questionnaire (RAQ), Hazan and Shaver s Attachment Self-Report (HS), and a newly constructed Attachment History Adjective Sort (AHAS). Significant differences emerged on all measures, supporting the hypothesis that the maladaptive interpersonal relations associated with BPD can be usefully understood from an attachment perspective that offers some unique contributions over an object relations perspective, particularly in the area of attachment styles. Variations on subscales of the attachment measures were further investigated in order to more specifically identify those aspects of insecure attachment that are unique to BPD.
TI - Attachment Style, History, and Behavioral Contrasts for A Borderline and Normal Sample
JF - Journal of Personality Disorders
DO - 10.1521/pedi.1996.10.1.88
DA - 1996-03-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/guilford-press/attachment-style-history-and-behavioral-contrasts-for-a-borderline-and-Y3fkXc9GJO
SP - 88
EP - 102
VL - 10
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -