Intimate Partners' Awareness of and Responses to Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviours in People with Borderline Personality Disorders: A Mixed-Methods Descriptive Study

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dc.contributor.advisorFitzpatrick, Skye
dc.contributor.authorTissera, Talia Maria
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-10T10:39:59Z
dc.date.available2025-04-10T10:39:59Z
dc.date.copyright2024-08-20
dc.date.issued2025-04-10
dc.date.updated2025-04-10T10:39:59Z
dc.degree.disciplinePsychology (Functional Area: Clinical Psychology)
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractIntimate relationship dysfunction is characteristic of borderline personality disorder (BPD), and partners’ behaviours may exacerbate or ameliorate self-injury in BPD. Therefore, this study investigated partners’ awareness of people with BPD’s self-injury, how they find out about self-injury, their responses to self-injury, and their self-evaluated helpfulness. To address these aims, 15 people with BPD and their 15 partners reported on the presence or absence of self-injury for 30 days; partners also reported how they found out about self-injury for 30 days and completed semi-structured interviews about a recent response to self-injury and their self-evaluated helpfulness. Partners were aware of 40% of self-injury, and 66.7% found out about self-injury because people with BPD disclosed it. Qualitatively, most partners responded to self-injury by soothing, protecting, and/or problem solving for people with BPD. Most partners observed mixed or negative reactions to their efforts, and perhaps consequently, some felt lost about how helpful they were.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10315/42731
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subject.keywordsBorderline personality disorder
dc.subject.keywordsBPD
dc.subject.keywordsSelf-injury
dc.subject.keywordsNSSI
dc.subject.keywordsSuicide
dc.subject.keywordsRomantic partners
dc.subject.keywordsCouples
dc.subject.keywordsDisclosure
dc.subject.keywordsCommunication
dc.subject.keywordsQualitative
dc.subject.keywordsEcological momentary assessment
dc.subject.keywordsEMA
dc.subject.keywordsMixed-methods
dc.titleIntimate Partners' Awareness of and Responses to Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviours in People with Borderline Personality Disorders: A Mixed-Methods Descriptive Study
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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