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Conceptualizing Youth Borderline Personality Disorder Within a Normative Personality Framework

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This chapter maps the core dysfunctions of borderline personality disorder (BPD) onto normative individual difference traits. We first provide an overview of the predominant models of childhood temperament and personality. We next review existing evidence for connections between youth BPD features and normative traits according to three theoretical perspectives: developmental psychopathology, models of personality-psychopathology relationships, and hierarchical models of personality structure. Overall, the rich literature on normative trait development can help to inform previously limited understanding of the early manifestations of BPD. In particular, research on the development of traits related to self-control and the regulation of emotions can help elucidate processes through which BPD emerges and manifests in youth. Future research is needed to disentangle age-specific expressions of BPD and differences resulting from measurement limitations. Approaches to psychological assessment and intervention that target relevant normative traits represent promising clinical applications of this work.

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    Jennifer L. Tackett Ph.D.

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    Shauna C. Kushner

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Tackett, J.L., Kushner, S.C. (2014). Conceptualizing Youth Borderline Personality Disorder Within a Normative Personality Framework. In: Sharp, C., Tackett, J. (eds) Handbook of Borderline Personality Disorder in Children and Adolescents. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0591-1_8

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