Childhood sexual abuse, parental impairment and the development of borderline personality disorder. 1993

P S Links, and R van Reekum
Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.

Childhood sexual abuse in borderline patients made a significant independent contribution to the magnitude of borderline characteristics after controlling for other antecedents and degree of parental impairment. This finding strengthens the etiologic link between childhood sexual abuse and borderline personality.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D010343 Patient Admission The process of accepting patients. The concept includes patients accepted for medical and nursing care in a hospital or other health care institution. Voluntary Admission,Admission, Patient,Admission, Voluntary,Admissions, Patient,Admissions, Voluntary,Patient Admissions,Voluntary Admissions
D010553 Personality Development Growth of habitual patterns of behavior in childhood and adolescence. Development, Personality
D001883 Borderline Personality Disorder A personality disorder marked by a pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts. (DSM-IV) Personality Disorder, Borderline,Disorder, Borderline Personality,Borderline Personality Disorders,Disorders, Borderline Personality,Personality Disorders, Borderline
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002649 Child Abuse Abuse of children in a family, institutional, or other setting. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994) Abuse Experiences, Childhood,Child Neglect,Child Neglect Experiences,Child Neglect, Physical,Childhood Abuse Experiences,Childhood Neglect Experiences,Neglect Experience, Childhood,Neglect Experiences, Childhood,Physical Neglect, Childhood,Child Maltreatment,Child Mistreatment,Abuse Experience, Childhood,Abuse, Child,Child Neglect Experience,Childhood Abuse Experience,Childhood Neglect Experience,Childhood Physical Neglect,Childhood Physical Neglects,Experience, Child Neglect,Experience, Childhood Abuse,Experience, Childhood Neglect,Maltreatment, Child,Mistreatment, Child,Neglect Experience, Child,Neglect, Child,Neglect, Childhood Physical,Neglect, Physical Child,Physical Child Neglect,Physical Child Neglects
D002650 Child Abuse, Sexual Sexual maltreatment of the child or minor. Child Molestation,Child Molestation, Sexual,Molestation, Sexual, Child,Sexual Abuse of Child,Sexual Abuse, Child,Abuse, Child Sexual,Child Sexual Abuse,Molestation, Child,Sexual Child Abuse,Sexual Child Molestation
D005260 Female Females
D005581 Foster Home Care Families who care for neglected children or patients unable to care for themselves. Adult Foster Care,Kinship Care,Fostering,Care, Adult Foster,Care, Foster Home,Care, Kinship,Foster Care, Adult
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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