Abstract:
Objective: The purposes of this study were to examine the relationships between personality traits, cognitive emotion regulation strategies and impulsive behaviors of borderline personality disorder, and to explore which personality traits and cognitive emotion regulation strategies can better predict and explain the impulsive behaviors in borderline personality disorder. Methods: This study was a cross-sectional study design. The participants consisted of 78 patients with borderline personality disorder. Patients were recruited from health and medical centers in Tehran, Iran. The Sample was selected based on judgmental sampling. The SCID-II-PQ, Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis II (SCID-II), NEO-PI-R, Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) and Impulsive Behaviors checklist were used for diagnosis and assessment. Pearson Correlation and Multivariate Regression Analysis has been used for data analysis. All statistical analyses were performed using the SPSS 16.Results: Findings indicated that neuroticism and openness significantly correlated with impulsive behaviors (r=0.312 and 0.280 respectively, P<0.001, P<0.05), and can predict impulsive behaviors in borderline personality disorder. The results also showed that, self-blame, other blame and positive refocus positively correlate with impulsive behaviors (r=0.32, 0.31 and 0.27 respectively, P<0.001, P<0.05). Also significant beta weights were positive for self-blame and other-blame. Those results partially confirmed existing studies. Conclusion: Overall, findings showed that neuroticism, openness, self-blame and other blame were significant predictors of impulsive behaviors in borderline personality disorder.Copyright © 2014 University of Social Welfare and
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<H1>Personality Traits, Emotion Regulation and impulsive behaviors in patients with Borderline Personality Disorder</H1> Mozhgan Lotfi1, Mehdi Amini2*, Asghar Fathi3, Adel Karami4, Saleh Ghiasi5 1.
The SCID-II-PQ, Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis II (SCID-II), NEO-PI-R, Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) and Impulsive Behaviors checklist were used for diagnosis and assessment.
Conclusion: Overall, findings showed that neuroticism, openness, self-blame and other blame were significant predictors of impulsive behaviors in borderline personality disorder.
, are common in patients suffering from borderline personality disorder (Millon, Grossman, Millon, Meagher, &amp; Ramnath, 2004; Zanarini, 2005).
Additionally, personality disorders have been conceptualized as substantial variants of personality traits (Bagby, Costa, Widiger, Ryder, &amp; Marshall, 2005).
Though, the current study pursues three goals: first, examining the relationships between personality traits, cognitive emotion regulation strategies and impulsive behaviors of borderline personality disorder.
<H2>Results</H2> Pearson’s correlation between personality traits and cognitive emotion regulation strategies with impulsive behaviors are presented in table 1.
To explore which personality traits and cognitive emotion regulation strategies in the patients with borderline personality disorders could better predict impulsive behaviors, regression analysis (step wise method) was conducted.
<H2>Discussion</H2> The present study examines the relationship between personality traits and cognitive emotion regulation with impulsive behaviors in BPD.
More specifically, the purpose of this study was to examine which personality traits and cognitive emotion regulation strategies could predict and explains impulsive behaviors in BPD.
Overall, the present study helps us understand the relationship between personality traits and cognitive emotion regulation strategies with impulsive behaviors in BPD.