Borderline personality pathology typically onsets during adolescence. An important consideration in understanding adolescent psychopathology is pubertal development. Perceived pubertal timing is one facet of puberty that is especially relevant to adolescent psychopathology, especially when timing is perceived to be early. Despite links between early pubertal timing and core features of borderline personality disorder, and between early pubertal timing and disruptions in the interpersonal context, perceived pubertal timing has yet to be studied in relation to adolescent borderline pathology. This preliminary study aimed to test the association between perceived pubertal timing and borderline symptoms in adolescent girls, controlling for internalizing and externalizing pathology. Forty-two female adolescent inpatients (ages 12-15, Mage = 14.02, 81% White) completed measures of perceived pubertal development and borderline symptoms and a diagnostic interview. Results indicated that earlier perceived pubertal timing was uniquely associated with higher borderline symptoms even when internalizing and externalizing disorders were covaried.

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女性青少年住院患者的青春期时机和临界人格病理。

边缘性人格病变通常在青春期发作。了解青春期精神病理学的重要考虑因素是青春期发育。感知的青春期时机是青春期的一个方面，与青春期的精神病理学特别相关，尤其是在感觉时机较早的时候。尽管青春期早期与边缘型人格障碍的核心特征之间存在联系，青春期早期与人际交往中的干扰之间存在联系，但尚未发现与青春期边缘性病理相关的感知青春期。这项初步研究旨在测试青春期少女感知的青春期时机与边缘症状之间的关联，控制内部和外部病理。42名女性青少年住院患者（12-15岁，法师= 14.02，81％的白人）完成了感知到的青春期发育和边缘症状的测量以及诊断性访谈。结果表明，即使内在性和外在性疾病发生共变，更早的青春期时机也与较高的临界症状有着独特的联系。