The Relationship between Childhood Trauma, Attachment Style and Self-Knowledge in People with Borderline Personality Disorder

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The Psychology of &quot;self&quot; is defined as the ordering of human experience and behavior. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between childhood and attachment damages with the integrity of the &quot;self&quot; in people with borderline personality disorder. METHODS: This descriptive correlation study was conducted on 100 patients with borderline personality disorder referred to a psychiatric clinic in Sari hospital, aged 55-18, who were selected by convenience sampling method. Evaluation of the &quot;cohesion&quot; was done using 12-item questionnaire cohesive self-knowledge, 12-item childhood damages of Boglas Brimner and attachment styles of Hazan and Shaver. FINDINGS: The emotional damage had a negatively correlation with secure attachment (p<0.05). Physical damage in childhood had a significant negative correlation with an avoidant attachment style and the correlation coefficient was 231/0 (p<0.05). General damages in childhood had a positive and significant relationship with ambivalent attachment style and the correlation coefficient was 0.239 (p