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Kenneth N Levy - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the implications of attachment theory and research for understanding borderline personality disorder
Development and Psychopathology, 2005Co-Authors: Kenneth N LevyAbstract:Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a highly prevalent, chronic, and debilitating psychiatric problem characterized by a pattern of chaotic and self-defeating Interpersonal relationships, emotional lability, poor impulse control, angry outbursts, frequent suicidality, and self-mutilation. Recently, psychopathology researchers and theorists have begun to understand fundamental aspects of BPD such as unstable, intense Interpersonal relationships, feelings of emptiness, bursts of rage, chronic fears of abandonment and intolerance for aloneness, and lack of a stable sense of self as stemming from impairments in the underlying attachment organization. These investigators have noted that the impulsivity, affective lability, and self-damaging actions that are the hallmark of borderline personality occur in an Interpersonal Context and are often precipitated by real or imagined events in relationships. This article reviews attachment theory and research as a means of providing a developmental psychopathology perspective on BPD. Following a brief review of Bowlby's theory of attachment, and an overview of the evidence with respect to the major claims of attachment theory, I discuss individual differences, the evidence that these differences are rooted in patterns of interaction with caregivers, and how these patterns have important implications for evolving adaptations and development. Following this discussion, I present recent work linking attachment theory and BPD, focusing on the implications for understanding the etiology and treatment of BPD. In conclusion, I address some of the salient issues that point to the direction for future research efforts.
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the implications of attachment theory and research for understanding borderline personality disorder
Development and Psychopathology, 2005Co-Authors: Kenneth N LevyAbstract:Borderline personality disorder ~BPD! is a highly prevalent, chronic, and debilitating psychiatric problem characterized by a pattern of chaotic and self-defeating Interpersonal relationships, emotional lability, poor impulse control, angry outbursts, frequent suicidality, and self-mutilation. Recently, psychopathology researchers and theorists have begun to understand fundamental aspects of BPD such as unstable, intense Interpersonal relationships, feelings of emptiness, bursts of rage, chronic fears of abandonment and intolerance for aloneness, and lack of a stable sense of self as stemming from impairments in the underlying attachment organization. These investigators have noted that the impulsivity, affective lability, and self-damaging actions that are the hallmark of borderline personality occur in an Interpersonal Context and are often precipitated by real or imagined events in relationships. This article reviews attachment theory and research as a means of providing a developmental psychopathology perspective on BPD. Following a brief review of Bowlby’s theory of attachment, and an overview of the evidence with respect to the major claims of attachment theory, I discuss individual differences, the evidence that these differences are rooted in patterns of interaction with caregivers, and how these patterns have important implications for evolving adaptations and development. Following this discussion, I present recent work linking attachment theory and BPD, focusing on the implications for understanding the etiology and treatment of BPD. In conclusion, I address some of the salient issues that point to the direction for future research efforts. Borderline personality disorder ~BPD! is a highly prevalent, chronic, and debilitating psychiatric problem characterized by a pattern of chaotic and self-defeating Interpersonal relationships, emotional lability, poor impulse control, angry outbursts, frequent suicidality, and self-mutilation ~Skodol, Gunderson, Livesley,
Katy Araujo - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Interpersonal Context as an Influence on Sexual Timetables of Youths: Gender and Ethnic Effects
Journal of Research on Adolescence, 1999Co-Authors: S. Shirley Feldman, Rebecca A. Turner, Katy AraujoAbstract:We investigated whether the nature of the relationship with a partner (a serious vs. casual relationship) influences youths' sexual behaviors and attitudes. We asked 452 youths, ages 18–25, drawn from 4 ethnic groups (White, African American, Latino, and Asian American) about their own past sexual behavior (personal sexual timetables) and about acceptable ages for youths, in general, to engage in different sexual behaviors (normative sexual timetables). Students answered these questions twice: once when describing partners in a serious relationship and once when the partner was not well known. The results revealed that the Interpersonal Context had opposite effects on normative and personal timetables. Although sexual explorations were more acceptable with a serious partner, youth generally began sexual activities with a partner they did not know well. As predicted, the Interpersonal Context influenced the sexual timetables of White adolescents more than other groups, although only under certain condition...
James A. Coan - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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A Developmental Neuroscience of Borderline Pathology: Emotion Dysregulation and Social Baseline Theory
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2012Co-Authors: Amy E. Hughes, Sheila E. Crowell, Lauren Uyeji, James A. CoanAbstract:Theoretical and empirical research has linked poor emotion regulation abilities with dysfunctional frontolimbic circuitry. Consistent with this, research on borderline personality disorder (BPD) finds that frontolimbic dysfunction is a predominant neural substrate underlying the disorder. Emotion regulation is profoundly compromised in BPD. However, BPD is also associated with broad impairment across multiple domains, including impulse control, Interpersonal relationships, and cognitive functioning. To date, BPD research has focused largely on single areas of dysfunction, failing to account for overlap at either the biological or behavioral levels of analysis. We examine the literature on frontolimbic dysfunction in BPD within the Context of Coan’s social baseline theory. Social baseline theory proposes that healthy human functioning is dependent upon adequate social support and that, at baseline, biological systems are adapted to operate interdependently rather than independently. The social baseline perspective is particularly useful for understanding borderline personality development because the impulsive and emotionally dysregulated behaviors common among those with BPD occur almost invariably within an Interpersonal Context. We discuss clinical and research implications of this work.
Isabela Granic - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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jealousy in adolescents daily lives how does it relate to Interpersonal Context and well being
Journal of Adolescence, 2017Co-Authors: Hannah K Lennarz, Anna Lichtwarckaschoff, Catrin Finkenauer, Isabela GranicAbstract:Past studies have shown that jealousy peaks in adolescence. However, little is known about how and when adolescents experience jealousy in their daily lives. The current study aimed to examine the relation between state jealousy, the more general propensity to feel jealous, the Interpersonal Contexts in which jealousy arises, and different forms of social comparison. The impact of jealousy on perceptions of well-being was also explored. We used an experience sampling method during two weekends with 68 adolescents (Mage = 13.94; 64.70% girls). Jealousy was common: On average, 90% of our sample experienced jealousy in 20% of the assessments. Adolescents reported more jealousy with peers than with family. Additionally, they experienced more jealousy when in online Contexts than when in face-to-face peer Contexts. The normative nature of jealousy, its developmental function and relation with well-being, and implications for understanding jealousy triggered in (highly social) online Contexts are discussed.
S. Shirley Feldman - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Interpersonal Context as an Influence on Sexual Timetables of Youths: Gender and Ethnic Effects
Journal of Research on Adolescence, 1999Co-Authors: S. Shirley Feldman, Rebecca A. Turner, Katy AraujoAbstract:We investigated whether the nature of the relationship with a partner (a serious vs. casual relationship) influences youths' sexual behaviors and attitudes. We asked 452 youths, ages 18–25, drawn from 4 ethnic groups (White, African American, Latino, and Asian American) about their own past sexual behavior (personal sexual timetables) and about acceptable ages for youths, in general, to engage in different sexual behaviors (normative sexual timetables). Students answered these questions twice: once when describing partners in a serious relationship and once when the partner was not well known. The results revealed that the Interpersonal Context had opposite effects on normative and personal timetables. Although sexual explorations were more acceptable with a serious partner, youth generally began sexual activities with a partner they did not know well. As predicted, the Interpersonal Context influenced the sexual timetables of White adolescents more than other groups, although only under certain condition...
