Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is associated with romantic relationship distress and dissolution. The complex interaction between BPD and romantic relationships warrants further attention. Dyadic interviews (N = 10) were conducted to examine the experience and impact of BPD on couples' relationships. The results of interpretative phenomenological analysis consisted of two superordinate themes describing the couple experience of navigating BPD: (a) the shared experience of BPD as a relational stressor; and (b) adaptive dyadic coping in the context of BPD. Although BPD was experienced as a relational stressor, dyadic coping and shared externalization of BPD emerged as central components to adaptive couple functioning. Most couples reported that therapy was a critical external resource in their journey toward adaptively functioning in the context of BPD, both intrapersonally and interpersonally. The lived experiences of these couples provides therapists with an increased understanding of the resources that support adaptive dyadic coping with BPD.

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“我正在与边缘性人格障碍而不是我的伴侣战斗”：对边缘人格障碍夫妻生活经历的二元解释性现象学分析

边缘性人格障碍（BPD）与恋爱关系的困扰和破裂有关。边缘性人格障碍与恋爱关系之间复杂的相互作用值得进一步关注。 进行二元访谈（N = 10）来检查 BPD 的经历和对夫妻关系的影响。解释性现象学分析的结果由两个上位主题组成，描述了夫妻应对 BPD 的经历：(a) BPD 作为关系压力源的共同经历；(b) BPD 背景下的适应性二元应对。尽管边缘性人格障碍被视为一种关系压力源，但边缘性人格障碍的二元应对和共同外化成为适应性夫妻功能的核心组成部分。大多数夫妇表示，治疗是他们在边缘性人格障碍的背景下实现适应性功能的关键外部资源，无论是在个人内部还是在人际交往中。这些夫妇的生活经历使治疗师对支持适应性二元应对边缘性人格障碍的资源有了更多的了解。