Citation

Westen D, Ludolph P, Misle B, Ruffins S, Block J. Am. J. Orthopsychiatry 1990; 60(1): 55-66.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, American Orthopsychiatric Association, Publisher Wiley Blackwell)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2305845

Abstract

Recent investigations suggest that a history of childhood sexual abuse may be associated with borderline personality disorder. This study compares a group of female adolescents diagnosed as borderline with a control group for history of physical and sexual abuse. History of both forms of abuse, particularly sexual, distinguishes the two groups. Results point to the impact of repeated trauma on character structure, cognitive functioning, and Axis II symptomatology.

Language: en