TY - JOUR
AU - Greene, Les R.
AB -  In this study, I examined associations between selected defense mechanisms and characteristic object relations in borderline personality disorder and the role of these variables in predicting symptomatic expression. A canonical correlation analysis was performed on self-report questionnaire data collected on 53 borderline patients. Two significant correlations of moderate magnitude were obtained; the first set of canonical variables offered evidence supportive of Kernberg's notions of a reciprocal relation between splitting mechanisms and pathognomonic object ties in borderline pathology, and the second set supported the view of a differentiation between borderline and narcissistic defenses. Regression analyses suggested that unique combinations of defense and object relations underlie specific symptomatic expression. 
TI - Primitive Defenses, Object Relations, and Symptom Clusters in Borderline Psychopathology
JF - Journal of Personality Assessment
DO - 10.1207/s15327752jpa6702_6
DA - 1996-10-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/taylor-francis/primitive-defenses-object-relations-and-symptom-clusters-in-borderline-craGquWNxC
SP - 294
EP - 304
VL - 67
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -