SOCIAL PERCEPTIONS AND BORDERLINE PERSONALITY-DISORDER - THE RELATIONTO MOOD DISORDERS

We used the Structural Analysis of Social Behavior (SASB) to compare t he social perceptions of borderline, unipolar, and bipolar-depressed i npatients. As predicted, borderline subjects differed from bipolar-dep ressed and unipolar subjects in their social perceptions. Borderline s ubjects viewed their relationships to their mother, hospital staff, an d other patients as more hostile and autonomous than did mood disorder ed subjects. The results are discussed in terms of an integrative theo ry of borderline personality that considers the psychobiology of inter personal relationships and attachment disruptions.