Borderline personality traits are associated with poor clinical and psychosocial functioning in delinquent boys

Jeanette Taylor, Lisa M. James, Mark D. Reeves, Janet A. Kistner

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

15 Scopus citations

Abstract

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is positively associated with antisocial behavior in adolescent boys and might increase clinical and social problems. Delinquent boys (most with multiple felony adjudications; n∈=∈239) in a residential facility who were high in number of BPD traits (assessed via the Borderline Tendency scale of the Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory) were compared to 1,197 control offenders in the same facility while controlling for antisocial PD traits. As expected, offenders high in BPD traits had more suicidal behavior and psychopathology features and worse peer and family relations than control offenders and were higher in rates of childhood sexual and physical abuse than controls. Groups did not differ in criminal history. Results suggest that BPD traits are associated with significant problems in functioning and these traits should be identified to help curb associated problems.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)94-103
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
Volume31
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1 2009

Keywords

  • Abuse
  • Borderline personality traits
  • Delinquent boys
  • MACI
  • Suicide

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Borderline personality traits are associated with poor clinical and psychosocial functioning in delinquent boys'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this