Annotated Citation:

Zanarini, M. C., Williams, A. A., Lewis, R. E., Reich, R. B., Vera, S. C., Marino, M. F., et al. (1997). Reported pathological childhood experiences associated with the development of borderline personality disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry, 154, 1101-1106.

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This paper examined the children of mothers suffering from borderline personality disorder.  The researchers wanted to know if these children were at a greater risk for especially impulse spectrum disorders than the children of mothers with other personality disorders.  They compared the children of the borderline personality disorder mothers with their control group and fount that they had higher levels of psychopathology.

I enjoyed this article.  It was set up well and fairly easy to follow.  They explained their procedure well and I felt I really learned something from reading the article.