@article{ref1,
title="Non-borderline patients with mothers who manifest borderline pathology",
journal="British journal of psychotherapy",
year="1998",
author="Glickauf-Hughes, Cheryl and Mehlman, Elizabeth",
volume="14",
number="3",
pages="294-302",
abstract="The psychological development of non-borderline adult patients raised presumably by mothers with borderline characteristics is examined. Despite childhoods that were subjected to a preponderance of pathological interactions with a primary caretaker, the adults described exhibit common patterns of adaptation that have enabled them to achieve higher levels of integration and differentiation than their mothers. Characteristics of adaptation include self-understanding, sublimation, the ability to form positive relationships with other caretakers, and the constructive use of fantasy. In treatment, these patients present a number of issues such as fluctuating self-esteem, anxious attachment, a ?borderline transference?, and a conflicted identification with the mother.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0265-9883",
doi="10.1111/j.1752-0118.1998.tb00383.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-0118.1998.tb00383.x"
}