Momentary borderline personality disorder symptoms in youth as a function of parental invalidation and youth-perceived support.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parental invalidation is central to etiological models of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Previous studies relied on retrospective accounts or laboratory observations to examine these associations. There is a dearth of research assessing these constructs in daily life, and limited studies have tested the effect of parental invalidation on BPD symptoms during early adolescence, when BPD onsets. The current study took a dynamic approach to assess parents' validating and invalidating behavior and its effect on youths' BPD symptom expression in daily life, while accounting for parent-perceived helpfulness of these behaviors and youth-perceived support.

Methods

A psychiatric sample of 162 early adolescents (age range = 10-14 years; 47% female) and their parent c

SUBMITTER: Vanwoerden S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8861851 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature