Background: Psychopathology researchers and theorists have begun to understand
fundamental aspects of borderline personality disorder (BPD) such as unstable and intense …

Clinical theorists have suggested that disturbed attachments are central to borderline
personality disorder (BPD) psychopathology. This article reviews 13 empirical studies that …

The intense, unstable interpersonal relationships characteristic of patients with borderline
personality disorder (BPD) are thought to represent insecure attachment. The Reciprocal …

Clinical theories of borderline personality disorder (BPD) identify attachment insecurity as
the basis of its characteristic disturbed interpersonal functioning. The purpose of this study …

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a highly prevalent, chronic, and debilitating
psychiatric problem characterized by a pattern of chaotic and self-defeating interpersonal …

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a dysfunction of self-regulation particularly in the
context of social relationships. Both the regulation of emotion and the catastrophic reaction …

In this paper, the authors investigate the theoretical and empirical association between
dysfunctions of the attachment system and borderline personality disorder. Attachment …

Emotional dysregulation and impaired attachment are seen by many clinical researchers as
central aspects of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Alternatively, these constructs may …

This article reviews the recent literature on attachment and attachment-related constructs in
borderline personality disorder, with attention given to how recent findings in this area may …

We characterized borderline personality disorder (BPD) along two fundamental dimensions
of adult social attachment and evaluated attachment associations with childhood …