A Comparison of Borderline and Schizophrenic Patients for Childhood Life Events and Parent-Child Relationships *

Abstract

Fifteen patients with DSM-III diagnoses of borderline personality disorder and 14 schizophrenics were administered two questionnaires by an interviewer blind to the diagnoses. The questionnaires were the Childhood Life Events and Family Characteristics Questionnaire and the Parental Bonding Instrument. A scale to monitor denial was also included. Borderlines, when compared with schizophrenics, reported having significantly more childhood sexual and physical abuse, more early separation from their mothers, more paternal criminality, and also more paternal overprotection and less maternal care. When compared with normal population data, they received significantly less care and were significantly more overprotected by both parents.

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