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Borderline Personality in Educational Perspective

Mihalj Szentmartoni orcid.org/0009-0008-2947-0053 ; Papinsko učilište Gregorijana u Rimu, Rim, Italija

Abstract

Borderline personality is treated by the author as a character defect. At the beginning of his study he gives first an overview of different types of borderline personalities. The so-called »as if« character is described with more detail. After this review the author enumerates and describes the major symptoms of the borderline personality, such as ahaedonia, self-destructive actions, lack of sense for reality, and vacillating interpersonal relations.
In the second part of the study the author analyzes a real case of a male patient, diagnosed as a defensive »as if« personality. The author points out two basic aspects of his psychodynamism, namely, a need for external structures and a need for submission. As a possible cause for such character organization the author sees the failure in early object-relations.
On the basis of the described psychodynamism the author tries to formulate some guidelines for educational practice. He offers four directives to cope with the borderline personality: 1. Not to take away all the external structures in his education; 2. Not allow him to enter into one-way affective relations with only one person; 3. To strengthen his capacity for independent (personal) decision-making; 4. To foster his active cooperation with the group.

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Hrčak ID:

55273

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/55273

Publication date:

20.6.1979.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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