Personality Disorders Theory Research and Treatment · 2021 · 33 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesPsychiatryPsychologyAbnormal PsychologyInterpersonal RelationshipsPersonality PsychologyClose RelationshipsPersonality DisordersPersonality TraitsRelationship DevelopmentRelationship QualityRelationship SatisfactionBorderline Personality FeaturesBorderline Personality TraitsInterpersonal StressInterpersonal StressorsPersonality Disorder StabilityReactivityRelationship Quality MeasurementSocial Relationship Quality
= 23 without any psychiatric diagnoses) completed the same measures at baseline and 1-, 3-, and 6-month follow-ups. Across both studies, when participants reported decreases in the quality of their interpersonal relationships, they endorsed increases in BPD features. Similarly, when participants endorsed worsening BPD features, their perceptions of relationship quality with all recent interaction partners (in Study 1) or more frequent interaction partners (in Study 2) decreased as well. Even in samples with a wide range of BPD features, these results suggest that the quality of interpersonal relationships and BPD features may influence each other over time. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).