Effects of the Psychodynamic Group Psychotherapy Process on Object Relations for Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder

Abstract

Objectives: It has been emphasized in literature that findings about the psychotherapy processes and objects relations of patients with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder (BPD) rely on clinical observations and there is a need to develop and apply effective and systematic psychological test/scale methods in order to prove those findings. In this study, it has been aimed to investigate the effects of group psychotherapy on object relations of patients with a diagnosis of BPD.