Distancing oneself from God: relationships with borderline personality symptomatology
Self-harm behaviour traditionally has been associated with borderline personality disorder. In this study, we examined the relationship between borderline personality symptomatology and intentionally distancing oneself from God as self-punishment, based on the assumption that such self-punishment ma...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2013
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Mental health, religion & culture
Year: 2013, Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Pages: 210-214 |
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self-harm behaviour
B self-punishment B Self-harm B Self-Harm Inventory B Borderline personality B distancing from God |
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| Summary: | Self-harm behaviour traditionally has been associated with borderline personality disorder. In this study, we examined the relationship between borderline personality symptomatology and intentionally distancing oneself from God as self-punishment, based on the assumption that such self-punishment may represent a form of self-harm behaviour. Data from four previous samples of primary care outpatients collected over a two-year period were combined (N = 1511). Borderline personality was assessed with two measures: the borderline personality scale of the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-4 (PDQ-4) and the Self-Harm Inventory (SHI). Point-biserial correlation coefficients revealed that those who endorsed distancing oneself from God as punishment scored relatively higher on both the PDQ-4 (r = 0.40, p < 0.001) and the SHI (r = 0.46, p < 0.001). Similarly, when compared to respondents who denied ever having distanced themselves from God as punishment, those who did were more likely to exceed the clinical cut-off score on the PDQ-4 (47.3% vs. 10.9%, X2 = 152.53, p < 0.001) and the SHI (57.3% vs. 11.4%, X2 = 224.12, p < 0.001). Findings support our hypothesis that distancing oneself from God as punishment may be a form of self-harm behaviour associated with borderline personality symptomatology. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-9737 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Mental health, religion & culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2012.666518 |