PMID- 33380157
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20211221
LR  - 20211221
IS  - 1440-1665 (Electronic)
IS  - 1039-8562 (Linking)
VI  - 29
IP  - 6
DP  - 2021 Dec
TI  - The association between reflective function and global functionality in patients 
      with borderline personality disorder.
PG  - 586-589
LID - 10.1177/1039856220981801 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between reflective function and global 
      functionality in borderline personality disorder (BPD) patients, controlling for 
      symptomatology and defensive style. METHOD: Thirty-nine female inpatients were 
      evaluated employing a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Structured Clinical 
      Interview for Personality Disorders-II (SCID-II), the Self-Reporting 
      Questionnaire (SRQ-20), the Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (RFQ), the 
      Defence Style Questionnaire-40 (DSQ-40) and the Global Assessment of Functioning 
      (GAF). RESULTS: Functionality was inversely associated with the reflective 
      function uncertainty score (-.458; p < .01) and neurotic defences (-.335; p < 
      .05). Symptom severity (SRQ-20) was associated with the use of immature defences 
      (-.445; p < .01). The association between functionality and the reflective 
      function uncertainty score remained significant, even when controlled for 
      symptoms and defensive style (p = .002). CONCLUSION: The ability to mentalise 
      seems to play a central and somehow independent role in BPD psychopathology.
FAU - Bezerra, Glaydcianne Pinheiro
AU  - Bezerra GP
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0388-2702
AD  - Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Program, Federal University of Rio 
      Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
FAU - Laskoski, Pricilla Braga
AU  - Laskoski PB
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7085-5619
AD  - Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Program, Federal University of Rio 
      Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
FAU - Terra, Luciana
AU  - Terra L
AD  - Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Program, Federal University of Rio 
      Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
FAU - Ramos-Lima, Luis Francisco
AU  - Ramos-Lima LF
AD  - Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Program, Federal University of Rio 
      Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
FAU - Serralta, Fernanda Barcellos
AU  - Serralta FB
AD  - Psychology, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Sao Leopoldo, Brazil.
FAU - Hauck, Simone
AU  - Hauck S
AD  - Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Program, Federal University of Rio 
      Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20201230
PL  - England
TA  - Australas Psychiatry
JT  - Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of 
      Psychiatrists
JID - 9613603
SB  - IM
MH  - *Borderline Personality Disorder
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Psychopathology
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - borderline personality disorder
OT  - defence mechanisms
OT  - functionality
OT  - mentalisation
OT  - reflective function
EDAT- 2021/01/01 06:00
MHDA- 2021/12/22 06:00
CRDT- 2020/12/31 05:17
PHST- 2021/01/01 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/12/22 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2020/12/31 05:17 [entrez]
AID - 10.1177/1039856220981801 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Australas Psychiatry. 2021 Dec;29(6):586-589. doi: 10.1177/1039856220981801. Epub 
      2020 Dec 30.