Interpersonal Consequences of Borderline Personality Disorder
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1994
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Abstract
In an attempt to explore the interpersonal consequences of
borderline personality disorder, we compared two contrasting
personality types, narcissistic and borderline. Male and female
students viewed one of four videotapes depicting male or female
narcissists and borderlines. The First Impression Questionnaire
was used to measure participants' perceptions of each personality
type. It was hypothesized that borderline personality styles would
be perceived more negatively than narcissistic personality styles.
It was also hypothesized that the male borderline would be more
negatively evaluated than the female borderline, and that the
female narcissist would be more negatively evaluated than the male
narcissist. In addition, we attempted to determine how a person is
perceived when first seen in a neutral context, and then in a
situation in which more dysfunctional personality characteristics
are revealed, followed by a return to a neutral context. Results
supported the first hypothesis and indicated that borderlines were
more negatively perceived than narcissists. The second hypothesis
was not supported in that both male and female borderline were
perceived to be more negative than both male and female
narcissists. A sequential time analysis failed to produce negative
carryover effects following presentation of personality disorders, suggesting that an initial neutral impression may override a
subsequent negative impressions of disordered personality when
evaluated in a second neutral segment. Gender by sequential time
analysis interactions were discussed in light of prior conceptions
of the healthy female and male gender roles.