Personality Disorders in Adult Female Child Sexual Abuse Survivors: Dimensions of Personality Pathology and Characteristics of Abuse.

The relationship between child sexual abuse (CSA) and later personality disorders (PDs) has been established in numerous studies. However, there are still a number of uncertainties about the specifics of this association. This study further explored the child sexual abuse survivors' (CSASs) vulnerability to PDs by introducing the variable of personality organization (PO) and dimensions of personality pathology as conceptualized by Kernberg, and by including additional variables of CSA characteristics.

The Level of Personality Organization and Revictimization in Lives of Child Sexual Abuse Survivors.

Previous research has documented that women who were sexually abused in childhood are also often victims of sexual abuse in adulthood. In the current study, we investigated the relationship between the phenomenon of sexual revictimization and personality organization (PO) conceptualized in accordance with the Otto Kernberg's theory. The central hypothesis was that women with borderline personality organization (BPO) and neurotic personality organization (NPO) differ in terms of the occurrence of revictimization and its features.

Self-Reported Physical Activity, Quality of Life, and Psychological Status in Relation to Plasma 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentration in Patients Treated with Hemodialysis.

Background/aims: Vitamin D status is announced among factors that may influence physical performance and mental health. Our aim was to evaluate self-reported physical activity, quality of life, psychiatric functioning, and affects with respect to plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentrations in HD patients.

Methods: The study was carried out in HD patients not receiving vitamin D supplements (n = 112).

The early childhood sexual experiences and collusion in adult partner relationship.

Objectives: The aim of the present research was verification of the hypothesis for the influence of negative sexual experiences in sexual development on the quality of partner relationships in the adult life. Special attention was given to the influence exercised by the level of erotization in the environment of the family of origin and to the experience of child sexual abuse. The quality of partner relationships was recognized using Jurg Willi's concept through the analysis of intensity of dysfunctions (collusions) in those relationships.