Borderline psychopathology as displayed on psychological tests.
Despite the surge of interest in borderline psychopathology in psychiatric quarters, contributions from the perspective of psychological testing have been few. A brief delineation of the range of borderline psychopathology is offered. Broad trends in the test performance of patients within the borderline range are described with regard to: intelligence and cognitive operations, thought and language, reality testing, organization of affect, configuration of defenses, structure of the object world, dynamics and the interpersonal aspects of the test process.
D000339:Affect; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D003071:Cognition; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D004532:Ego; D006801:Humans; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D009769:Object Attachment; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011936:Reality Testing; D013803:Thematic Apperception Test; D013850:Thinking