title: Dysfunctional schema modes, childhood trauma and dissociation in borderline personality disorder.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the relationship between dysfunctional schema modes, childhood trauma and dissociation in borderline personality disorder (BPD).
  
  
  METHODS
  30 BPD patients completed the Wessex Dissociation Scale (WDS), Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), and Schema Mode Questionnaire (SMQ).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The 'Angry and Impulsive Child' and 'Abandoned and Abused Child' modes uniquely predicted dissociation scores. Childhood trauma did not predict dissociation scores.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings support the schema mode model of BPD [Young, J. E., Klosko, J. S., & Weishaar, M. E. (2003). Schema therapy: A practitioners guide. London: Guilford Press] and its emphasis on the role of dissociation. Clinically they support the emphasis on the identification and integration of dysfunctional parts of the personality in working with individuals diagnosed with BPD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Psychology, Northern Health and Social Care Trust, Newtownabbey, United Kingdom. cjohnston17@qub.ac.uk
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.forename: Martin J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Dorahy
authors.forename: Deyra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Courtney
authors.forename: Terry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bayles
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: O'Kane
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult