www.psychologytoday.com/blog/stop-walking-eggshells/201107/prognosis-is-gloomy-children-personality-disordered-parents-studi"Prognosis is Gloomy for Children with Personality-Disordered Parents, Studies Suggest
low-self esteem and personality disorders can result
Published on July 3, 2011 by Randi Kreger in Stop Walking on Eggshells
We've touched on parents with personality disorders in the comments in many of the blog articles I've posted. While I have written much about the subject, as have many others, I thought I would highlight the studies on borderline and narcissistic parents that I could easily find when searching pubmed.com. These are not all the studies that have been done; just those I found in a search.
Rather than interpret them for you, I will let them speak for themselves. I have put the take-home message in bold and italic. I did not just pick the ones with negative messages; they all showed concern for children raised by BPD and NPD parents (mostly mothers).
I have not posted the methodology of the studies for simplicity's sake. If you're interested in learning more about how the research was conducted (for example the number of subjects studied) please follow the links. Some studies may be better designed than others."
