A Prospective Investigation of Borderline Personality Disorder in Abused and Neglected Children Followed Up into Adulthood

Child abuse has been implicated as a risk factor for borderline personality disorder (BPD), yet few prospective longitudinal studies exist. The current study examined whether 500 individuals with documented cases of childhood physical and sexual abuse and neglect were at elevated risk of BPD in adul...

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Published in:Journal of personality disorders 2009-10, Vol.23 (5), p.433-446
Main Authors: Widom, Cathy Spatz, Czaja, Sally J., Paris, Joel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Adult Survivors of Child Abuse - psychology
Adults
Alcohol abuse
Biological and medical sciences
Borderline personality disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder - etiology
Borderline Personality Disorder - psychology
Child
Child Abuse
Child abuse & neglect
Child Abuse - psychology
Child Abuse, Sexual - psychology
Child Neglect
Child sexual abuse
Childhood
Children
Children & youth
Control Groups
Depressive personality disorders
Disorders
Drug abuse
Drugs
Family Characteristics
Female
High school graduates
Humans
Least-Squares Analysis
Logistic Models
Longitudinal studies
Male
Medical diagnosis
Medical sciences
Mental depression
Middle Aged
Parent-child relations
Personality
Personality disorders
Personality Problems
Post traumatic stress disorder
Prospective Studies
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Risk
Risk Factors
Secondary schools
Sex crimes
Sex Factors
Sexual abuse
Studies
Substance abuse
Victimology
Young Adult
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