Relationship Quality and Stability in Couples When One Partner Suffers From Borderline Personality Disorder.
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| Title: | Relationship Quality and Stability in Couples When One Partner Suffers From Borderline Personality Disorder. |
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| Authors: | Bouchard, Sébastien1 (AUTHOR), Sabourin, Stéphane2 (AUTHOR), Lussier, Yvan3 (AUTHOR), Villeneuve, Evens1 (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Journal of Marital & Family Therapy. Oct2009, Vol. 35 Issue 4, p446-455. 10p. 1 Graph. |
| Subject Terms: | *Personality disorders, *Interpersonal relations, *Developmental psychology, Borderline personality disorder, Man-woman relationships, Pathological psychology, Psychosocial development theory, Psychosocial factors, Social conditions of women |
| Abstract: | The main goal of the present study was to examine and compare the psychosocial functioning of 35 couples including a woman diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD) to that of a nonclinical control sample of 35 couples. The BPD status of women from the clinical group and the prevalence of personality disorder in their partner were ascertained through the SCID-II. Participants completed self-report measures of couple functioning. A majority of couples in which the woman suffered from BPD (68.7%) evidenced frequent episodes of breakups and reconciliations and, over an 18-month period, nearly 30% of these couples dissolved their relationship. Nearly half of the men involved in a romantic relationship with a woman suffering from BPD met criteria for one personality disorder or more. As compared with nonclinical couples, clinical couples showed lower marital satisfaction, higher attachment insecurity, more demand/withdraw communication problems, and higher levels of violence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | The main goal of the present study was to examine and compare the psychosocial functioning of 35 couples including a woman diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD) to that of a nonclinical control sample of 35 couples. The BPD status of women from the clinical group and the prevalence of personality disorder in their partner were ascertained through the SCID-II. Participants completed self-report measures of couple functioning. A majority of couples in which the woman suffered from BPD (68.7%) evidenced frequent episodes of breakups and reconciliations and, over an 18-month period, nearly 30% of these couples dissolved their relationship. Nearly half of the men involved in a romantic relationship with a woman suffering from BPD met criteria for one personality disorder or more. As compared with nonclinical couples, clinical couples showed lower marital satisfaction, higher attachment insecurity, more demand/withdraw communication problems, and higher levels of violence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 0194472X |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2009.00151.x |
