Family Members' Retrospective Perceptions of Intrafamilial Relationships

Authors: Guttman H.A.¹; Laporte L.²

Source: Contemporary Family Therapy, Volume 24, Number 3, September 2002 , pp. 505-521(17)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

Parents and daughters in 21 families of women with borderline personality disorder (BPD), 23 women with restricting anorexia nervosa (AN), and 25 women without clinical histories (NC) responded to the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI) and the Beavers Self-Report Family Inventory (SFI). On the PBI, BPD daughters' perceptions differed from both their parents' whereas AN daughters' perceptions differed from their mothers'. On the SFI, both groups reported less family health than their parents. On both instruments, nonclinical daughters' perceptions were congruent with the parents'. These findings have implications for researchers and therapists for integrating and utilizing the varying perceptions of family members.

Keywords: Parental Bonding Instrument; Self-Report Family Inventory; borderline personality disorder; anorexia nervosa; family functioning

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: McGill University Health Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital Pavilion. Department of Psychiatry, McGill University. Allan Memorial Institute, 1025 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1A1; herta.guttman@McGill.ca 2: Department of Psychiatry, McGill University Health Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital Pavilion

Publication date: 2002-09-01