Parental mentalizing under stress: an innovative experimental and ecological momentary assessment approach in mothers with Borderline Personality Disorder KU Leuven
Research has amply shown that children of parents with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) have a highly increased risk of developing mental disorders. However, the mechanisms involved in the associations between maternal BPD and negative child outcomes are still poorly understood. Impairments in parental mentalizing or the parents’ ability to understand their children’s behaviors in terms of mental states, may be a key factor in this ...