Preschool Age Predictors of Adolescent Borderline Personality Symptoms.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Developmental models of borderline personality disorder (BPD) have highlighted the interplay of psychological variables (ie, impulsivity and emotional reactivity) with social risk factors, including invalidating parenting and childhood trauma. Prospective longitudinal studies have demonstrated the association of BPD with social, familial, and psychological antecedents. However, to date, few of these studies have studied the interaction of multiple risk domains and their potential manifestations in the preschool period.

Method

Participants were 170 children enrolled in a prospective longitudinal study of early childhood depression. Participants completed a baseline assessment between ages 3 and 6 years. Psychopathology, suicidality, and self-harm were assessed using

SUBMITTER: Geselowitz B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8056867 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature