Abstract
The aim of the present study was to find the relationship between
reported childhood abuse history and symptoms of Borderline
Personality Disorder. The data was comprised of 60 participants
(men=43, women=17) taken from different teaching hospitals of
Lahore; Mayo Hospital Lahore, Ganga Ram Hospital Lahore, Punjab
Institute of Mental Health and Fountain House. The data was
collected with the help of Demographic Questionnaire, Childhood
Relation of Abuse Questionnaire (Bifulco & Brown et al., 1994),
Wellbeing Affectometer-2 (Kamman & Flett, 1983) and
Comprehensive Diagnostic Instrument for Personality Disorder
(CDIP) (Dawood & Khan, 2010). Pearson product moment was
employed to find the correlation between childhood abuse,
Psychological Wellbeing and symptoms of Borderline Personality
Disorder. Results showed significant positive relationship between
symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder and history of
Childhood Abuse; with Punishment and Father Antipathy. There was
a significant negative relationship among the scales of Childhood
Abuse; Sexual Abuse, Father Antipathy and Wellbeing
Affectometer-2 Scale-I. The scales of Father Neglect and Father
Antipathy had significant negative relation with the Wellbeing
Affectometer-2 Scale-II. The symptoms of Borderline Personality
Disorder had significant positive correlation with Wellbeing
Affectometer-2 Scale-II.
Faiza Safdar. (2014) Childhood Abuse and Psychological Well-being of Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder, Pakistan Journal of Professional Psychology Research and Practice, Volume 5, Volume 5.
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