On the interplay of borderline personality features, childhood trauma severity, attachment types, and social support

ConclusionOur findings suggest that emotional abuse is an important link in the association between ACE and BPD features, also when taking attachment and social support into account. Findings further suggest an outstanding role of identity disturbance, linking emotional abuse to affective instability and being strongly associated with attachment anxiety.
Source: Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research