Attachment representations and emerging borderline personality features in school-aged children under youth protective care, consulting psychologists or child psychiatrists, and from the general population

Olivier Didier and Miguel M. Terradas

Children and Youth Services Review, 2025, vol. 176, issue C

Abstract: The development of borderline personality disorder (BPD) is characterized by failures in the relationships between the child and their attachment figures, including maltreatment. The relationship between attachment and BPD in adulthood is empirically established. Fonagy and his colleagues theoretically describe the role of attachment in the development of the borderline functioning. Although studies show that maltreated children are more likely to exhibit emerging borderline personality features (EBPF), no research has investigated the relationship between attachment and EBPF during childhood.

Keywords: Emerging borderline personality features; Borderline personality disorder; Attachment; Maltreatment; Childhood (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108391

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