Objective: To explore the relationship of the traumatic experience in childhood and the dissociation experience in adulthood of the patients with borderline personality disorder. Methods: 30 patients diagnosed as borderline personality disorder were randomly chosen as the research group and another 30 normal subjects from a college as normal control. They all completed measures: Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) and Dissociation Experience Scale(DES). Results: The total score and scores of five subscales of CTQ of patients with borderline personality disorder were all obviously higher than ...