Effects of couple relationships and close nonpartner relationships on overall life satisfaction in borderline patients.

• Conditions: F60.3; F60.30; F60.31; Emotionally unstable personality disorder

• Registration Number: DRKS00030674
• Lead Sponsor: Hamburger Fernhochschule

Brief Summary

With the help of a questionnaire on relationship quality, three different expressions that can be summarized as relationship quality were surveyed. General life satisfaction was also assessed using a self-report questionnaire. A statistically significant difference was shown between borderline patients and healthy subjects with regard to life satisfaction. There were also statistically significant differences with regard to the quality of relationships. With regard to the correlation between the variables of life satisfaction and the variables of relationship quality (closeness, trust and anxiety), a positive trend in the variable of closeness can be observed in borderline patients, but this is not significant. In the control group (nursing staff), a non-significant positive trend was also found for the proximity variable. That is, the more closeness can be felt in the relationship, the higher the life satisfaction. In relation to the variable anxiety, a negative correlation could be shown in the control group, i.e. the less anxiety is felt in the relationship, the more life satisfaction increases. With regard to the variable trust, a positive correlation could be shown, i.e. the more trust is felt in a relationship, the more life satisfaction increases. In the case of borderline patients, no significant correlation could be shown in relation to the variable anxiety and trust. Further follow-up studies are necessary to reach a conclusive result. In addition, the present study was able to classify the borderline patients into the attachment style "anxious-ambivalent", while the healthy subjects were assigned to the "secure attachment style" (Bartholomew, 1990, Collins, 2008; cited in Schmidt et al., 2016).

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-11-18
• Study Completion: 2023-01-12
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

1. typical BPS symptoms at the time of the examination
2. women and men 18 years and older
3. oral and written informed consent.
4. sufficient knowledge of the German language

Exclusion Criteria

1. exclusion of narcissistic personality disorder, antisocial personality disorder, Paranoid Personality Disorder, Schizoid Personality Disorder, Schizotypal Personality Disorder
2. acute suicidal tendencies
3. acute intoxication (from drugs).
4. high states of tension and dissociative states.
5. clinically relevant somatic illnesses that might interfere with study enrollment
6. impaired judgment.
7. Women who are breastfeeding, pregnant.

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ife satisfaction is assessed with the help of the questionnaire on general life satisfaction (evaluation with the help of stanines).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality in relationships is evaluated with the help of the AAS-R, which also depicts the results in stanine values and describes the extent of quality.