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To prospectively determine whether documented childhood physical and sexual abuse and neglect increase the risk of borderline personality disorder in adulthood compared to matched controls.

October 1, 2009Journal of Personality Disorders

A Prospective Investigation of Borderline Personality Disorder in Abused and Neglected Children Followed Up into Adulthood

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CWCathy Spatz WidomThe Graduate Center, CUNY SCSally J. CzajaCity University of New York JPJoel ParisYale University

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Prospective cohort study reveals increased risk of borderline personality disorder in abused and neglected children followed into adulthood, highlighting complex psychosocial pathways.

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To prospectively determine whether documented childhood physical and sexual abuse and neglect increase the risk of borderline personality disorder in adulthood compared to matched controls.
Prospective longitudinal cohort study evaluating 500 individuals with documented childhood physical abuse, sexual abuse, or neglect and 396 demographically similar control children followed into adulthood.
Assessed adult diagnostic criteria for borderline personality disorder alongside socioeconomic and psychiatric mediators, including parental substance abuse, educational attainment, and comorbid psychiatric disorders.
Significantly more abused or neglected children met diagnostic criteria for borderline personality disorder in adulthood compared to controls, with elevated risk driven particularly by physical abuse and neglect.
The link between childhood maltreatment and adult borderline personality disorder was predicted and mediated by parental substance problems, lower education, unemployment, drug abuse, major depressive disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder.

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Widom et al. (2009) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a105c8de1a472cb5efcc4a4 https://doi.org/10.1521/pedi.2009.23.5.433

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Prospective cohort study reveals increased risk of borderline personality disorder in abused and neglected children followed into adulthood, highlighting complex psychosocial pathways.

A Prospective Investigation of Borderline Personality Disorder in Abused and Neglected Children Followed Up into Adulthood

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A Prospective Investigation of Borderline Personality Disorder in Abused and Neglected Children Followed Up into Adulthood

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