The Relationship between an Orthodox Protestant Upbringing and Current Orthodox Protestant Adherence, DSM‐IV Axis II B Cluster Personality Disorders and Structural Borderline Personality Organization

God Representation Types Are Associated With Levels of Personality Organization and Christian Religious Orthodox Culture

“…We suggest that there is a negative compensation process, where diffuse aggressive affects that are culturally not allowed to be expressed interpersonally (cf. Eurelings-Bontekoe and Luyten, 2010) do find expression in the God-object relation (cf. Rümke, 1952).…”

“…Psychological processes in the individual are rooted in past and present cultural contexts; therefore, it is important to take religious culture in terms of particular belief systems and behaviors (e.g., frequency of participation in personal or group religious activities) into account in psychological studies of religious experience (Ashton and Lee, 2013). For example, Eurelings-Bontekoe and Luyten (2010) found that growing up in an Orthodox-Reformed Christian environment had an inhibitory effect on the expression of antisocial behavior among patients with an impulsive (low-level borderline PO) temperament (Eurelings-Bontekoe and Luyten, 2010). Although many studies suggest that representations of God as ruling and punishing are associated with psychopathology per se, in the Netherlands, these God representations have also been found to be (more) closely associated with the "cultural" variable Orthodox-Reformed Christian affiliation (Eurelings-Bontekoe and Schaap-Jonker, 2010;Schaap-Jonker et al, 2008;cf.…”

Association between level of personality organization as assessed with theory-driven profiles of the Dutch Short Form of the MMPI and outcome of inpatient treatment for personality disorder

“…Recent research (Eurelings-Bontekoe & Luyten, 2010;Eurelings-Bontekoe et al, 2008;Eurelings-Bontekoe et al, 2009a, 2009bEurelings-Bontekoe, Luyten, IJssennagger, Van Vreeswijk, & Koelen, 2010a;Eurelings-Bontekoe, E. H. M., Luyten, P., Remijsen, M. & Koelen, 2010b;Eurelings-Bontekoe, Peen, Noteboom, Alkema, & Dekker, 2012) has provided support for the construct and predictive validity of this assessment model. Eurelings-Bontekoe et al (2012), in a naturalistic follow-up study of 2,062 outpatients, showed differential treatment responses of patients with various BPO profiles.…”