The Borderline–Narcissistic Relational Pattern (BNRP): A Theoretical Framework and Proposal for a Relational Measure

Project Update (Version 2): Theoretical Expansion This project now includes an expanded theoretical formulation titled The BNRP–Regulatory Model (BNRP–RM). While the original BNRP framework described observable dyadic interaction patterns and introduced the BNRP Scale (BNRPS), the revised model advances the theory by conceptualizing the pattern as a failure of mutual affect regulation within a dyadic system. The updated version introduces the constructs of opposing regulatory strategies (hyperactivation vs. deactivation), mutual identity threat, cultural modulation of relational distress, and reenactment processes in psychotherapy. This shift represents a move from a primarily descriptive relational model to a deeper regulatory and identity-based explanatory framework.