@article{ref1,
title="Religion/spirituality status and borderline personality symptomatology among outpatients in an internal medicine clinic",
journal="International journal of psychiatry in clinical practice",
year="2012",
author="Sansone, Randy A. and Kelley, Amy R. and Forbis, Jeremy S.",
volume="16",
number="1",
pages="48-52",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to assess religion/spirituality (RS) status over the preceding 12 months in relationship to borderline personality symptomatology status. METHODS: Using a cross-sectional consecutive sample of internal medicine outpatients and a self-report survey methodology, we examined RS using the 12-item Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being Scale (FACIT-Sp-12), and borderline personality symptomatology using two self-report measures, the borderline personality scale of the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-4 and the Self-Harm Inventory. RESULTS: The majority of FACIT-Sp-12 scales as well as the overall FACIT-Sp-12 score demonstrated an inverse relationship with scores on the individual measures for borderline personality symptomatology as well as a combined measure of such symptoms (individuals who scored positively on both measures). In other words, lower RS was identified in participants with higher levels of borderline personality symptomatology. CONCLUSIONS: According to findings, compared to participants without borderline personality symptomatology, those with such symptomatology evidenced statistically significantly lower RS on most study scales as well as the overall FACIT-Sp-12 score. This suggests that individuals with borderline personality symptomatology have lower overall levels of RS than individuals without this type of psychopathology.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1365-1501",
doi="10.3109/13651501.2011.605956",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/13651501.2011.605956"
}