PMID- 15950930
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20051207
LR  - 20151119
IS  - 0005-7916 (Print)
IS  - 0005-7916 (Linking)
VI  - 36
IP  - 3
DP  - 2005 Sep
TI  - World assumptions and the role of trauma in borderline personality disorder.
PG  - 197-208
AB  - The present study tested whether borderline personality disorder (BPD) is 
      characterized by specific worldviews as hypothesized by cognitive models, using 
      Janoff-Bulman's [(1989) Social Cognition, 7, 113-136] world assumptive model of 
      negative effects of trauma. A second aim of this study was to investigate the 
      role of trauma in the content of worldviews of BPD patients. Fifteen BPD 
      patients, 14 patients with Cluster C personality disorders (PD), 19 patients with 
      axis-I psychopathology and 21 non-patients filled out the World Assumptions 
      Scale, the Personality Disorder Belief Questionnaire, a childhood trauma 
      checklist (assessing physical, emotional and sexual abuse) and the BPD Checklist 
      (severity of BPD psychopathology). BPD patients appear to view the world as 
      malevolent and perceive less luck independent of trauma but dependent of BPD 
      psychopathology. Furthermore, BPD patients have low self-worth and persist in 
      specific beliefs independent of trauma or severity of BPD psychopathology. 
      Pretzer's theory of BPD can be largely supported through Janoff-Bulman's world 
      assumptive model. World assumptions of BPD patients can better be explained by 
      the severity of BPD psychopathology than by the presence of trauma.
FAU - Giesen-Bloo, Josephine
AU  - Giesen-Bloo J
AD  - Maastricht University Hospital, The Netherlands. j.giesen@dep.unimaas.nl
FAU - Arntz, Arnoud
AU  - Arntz A
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry
JT  - Journal of behavior therapy and experimental psychiatry
JID - 0245075
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Attitude
MH  - Borderline Personality Disorder/diagnosis/epidemiology/*psychology
MH  - Child
MH  - Child Abuse/psychology/statistics & numerical data
MH  - *Cognition
MH  - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - *Psychological Theory
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
MH  - Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/epidemiology
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
EDAT- 2005/06/14 09:00
MHDA- 2005/12/13 09:00
CRDT- 2005/06/14 09:00
PHST- 2005/06/14 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2005/12/13 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/06/14 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0005-7916(05)00026-1 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jbtep.2005.05.003 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry. 2005 Sep;36(3):197-208. doi: 
      10.1016/j.jbtep.2005.05.003.