Page No 207-216
Chirantani Mukhopadhyay, Sanchita Ghosh, and
West Bengal State University
Anup Dhar
BML Munjal University, Gurugram,
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a mental health condition characterised by
emotional dysregulation, unstable self-image, and impulsivity. Self-harming behaviours
are commonly associated with BPD, but the relationship between self-harm and nonself-harm behaviours in this population remains a subject of ongoing research. This
study aims to comprehensively examine the difference between self-harm and nonself-harm behaviours in individuals with BPD with respect to attachment, childhood
trauma, emotional dysregulation, impulsivity and self esteem. Out of 30 BPD patients,
selected using purposive sampling, 20 of them were found to be engaged in self harm
(Group-1) and remaining 10 were without documented histories of self harm behaviour
(Group-2). Mann Whitney U test revealed significant differences between these two
groups with respect to emotional abuse, emotional dysregulation, non-acceptance of
emotional responses and impulse control difficulties . Spearman coefficient of correlation
revealed a significant positive correlation between anxious attachment and emotional
dysregulation for group 1 and childhood trauma and self-esteem for group-2. Thematic
Analysis in Group-1 revealed themes including lack of emotional support, fear of
abandonment, release of suffering through self-harming, emotional sense of trauma
and suffering etc
.