Background: While challenges with parenting have been documented for individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD), the specific mechanisms underlying these challenges are less understood. Further, there is currently a dearth in specialised parenting interventions that have been developed and empirically investigated for this group. This thesis consists of three studies that explore the parenting challenges faced by individuals with BPD and based on these challenges and their proposed underlying mechanisms, proposes a novel parenting intervention.
Method: Three mixed methodology studies evaluated the relationship between parenting and BPD. First, an overview of systematic reviews assessed individuals with personality disorder pathology for experiences of maladaptive parenting, and the impact on psychopathological and relational outcomes (Study One). Next, parental stress and competence, personality and mental wellbeing, trauma history, attachment and reflective capacity was in