Question

Which of the following factors may put a person at risk for developing borderline personality disorder?
Risk Factor(s)
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observing extreme violence
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experiencing physical or sexual abuse
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experiencing no physiological reaction to punishment
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being raised by caregivers who encouraged dependence
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being raised by unavailable or unreliable caretakers
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Not Risk Factor(s)
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Answer 1

Risk Factor(s)
- observing extreme violence
- experiencing physical or sexual abuse
- being raised by unavailable or unreliable caretakers

Not Risk Factor(s)
- experiencing no physiological reaction to punishment
- being raised by caregivers who encouraged dependence

Brief rationale: BPD is strongly linked to childhood trauma, abuse, neglect, and invalidating or inconsistent caregiving. Lack of physiological response to punishment is more characteristic of antisocial/psychopathic traits, and caregivers encouraging dependence is more consistent with dependent personality features rather than the typical invalidation/inconsistency seen in BPD.