This study investigated the characteristics of affective bonds between teenagers with borderline personality disorder and their parents. These adolescents were evaluated by means of the multiple cases study procedure. Beyond the interviews, the Rorschach Test, the Family Drawing Test and the Parental Bonding Inventory were applied. The results pointed to fragile affective bonds, permeated by representations of negligence, affective abandonment, lack of assistance and protection. Life histories with traumatic experience and violence of several orders were identified. The transgeracional dimension appeared as relevant in the comprehension of the evaluated cases. The need of studies about borderline adolescence were marked as well as qualitative researches about this subject.
adolescence; affective bonds; borderline personality disorder; psychoanalysis; transgenerationality