The Mediating Role of Personality Organization in the Relationship between Childhood Maltreatment and Borderline Personality Symptoms

Aim and Background: Borderline personality disorder is one of the most costly mental disorders that lead to the loss of clinical and social resources, and due to the high costs, it is necessary to investigate the effective factors in the creation and continuation of borderline personality traits. Th...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Shamsabadi, Qasem Ahi, Seyed Abdolhamid Bahreinian, Ahmad Mansouri4, Fatemeh Shahabizadeh
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Published: Armaqan Danesh Firoozeh 2022-12-01
Series:Taḥqīqāt-i ̒Ulūm-i Raftārī
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Online Access:http://rbs.mui.ac.ir/article-1-1365-en.html
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author Ahmad Shamsabadi
Qasem Ahi
Seyed Abdolhamid Bahreinian
Ahmad Mansouri4
Fatemeh Shahabizadeh
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description Aim and Background: Borderline personality disorder is one of the most costly mental disorders that lead to the loss of clinical and social resources, and due to the high costs, it is necessary to investigate the effective factors in the creation and continuation of borderline personality traits. This study was aimed to investigate the mediating role of personality organization in the relationship between childhood maltreatment and borderline personality symptoms. Methods and Materials: The statistical society of this study consisted of all students aged 18 to 45 years of Islamic Azad University of Mashhad (N = 32000) in the period from January to March 2022. The research sample consisted of 451 students who were selected by convenience sampling method and completed the childhood trauma questionnaire, personality organization questionnaire and borderline personality scale. Data were analyzed using the structural equation modeling method with the help of SPSS version 24 and LISREL 8.8 statistical software. Findings: The findings showed that the direct path of childhood maltreatment to personality organization was positive and significant and to borderline personality symptoms was positive and non-significant. The direct path of personality organization to borderline personality symptoms was positive and significant. Additionally, the indirect relationship between childhood maltreatment and borderline personality symptoms was found to be mediated by personality organization. Conclusions: The findings support the mediating role of personality organization in the relationship between childhood maltreatment and borderline personality symptoms. These findings showed that personality organization can play an indirect role in enhancing the effects of childhood maltreatment on borderline personality symptoms. Strengthening positive psychological characteristics and reducing risk factors, including traumatic childhood environments, and designing and using intervention programs can help reduce the symptoms of borderline personality.
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spelling doaj.art-d0454019e470427b8497279f515b7cde2023-09-03T09:33:46ZfasArmaqan Danesh FiroozehTaḥqīqāt-i ̒Ulūm-i Raftārī1735-20292008-82482022-12-01203411424The Mediating Role of Personality Organization in the Relationship between Childhood Maltreatment and Borderline Personality SymptomsAhmad Shamsabadi0Qasem Ahi1Seyed Abdolhamid Bahreinian2Ahmad Mansouri43Fatemeh Shahabizadeh4 Department of psychology, Birjand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Birjand, Iran Department of psychology, Birjand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Birjand, Iran Department of psychology, Birjand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Birjand, Iran Department of psychology, Neyshabur Branch, Islamic Azad University, Neyshabur, Iran Department of psychology, Birjand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Birjand, Iran Aim and Background: Borderline personality disorder is one of the most costly mental disorders that lead to the loss of clinical and social resources, and due to the high costs, it is necessary to investigate the effective factors in the creation and continuation of borderline personality traits. This study was aimed to investigate the mediating role of personality organization in the relationship between childhood maltreatment and borderline personality symptoms. Methods and Materials: The statistical society of this study consisted of all students aged 18 to 45 years of Islamic Azad University of Mashhad (N = 32000) in the period from January to March 2022. The research sample consisted of 451 students who were selected by convenience sampling method and completed the childhood trauma questionnaire, personality organization questionnaire and borderline personality scale. Data were analyzed using the structural equation modeling method with the help of SPSS version 24 and LISREL 8.8 statistical software. Findings: The findings showed that the direct path of childhood maltreatment to personality organization was positive and significant and to borderline personality symptoms was positive and non-significant. The direct path of personality organization to borderline personality symptoms was positive and significant. Additionally, the indirect relationship between childhood maltreatment and borderline personality symptoms was found to be mediated by personality organization. Conclusions: The findings support the mediating role of personality organization in the relationship between childhood maltreatment and borderline personality symptoms. These findings showed that personality organization can play an indirect role in enhancing the effects of childhood maltreatment on borderline personality symptoms. Strengthening positive psychological characteristics and reducing risk factors, including traumatic childhood environments, and designing and using intervention programs can help reduce the symptoms of borderline personality.http://rbs.mui.ac.ir/article-1-1365-en.htmlchildhood maltreatmentpersonality organizationborderline personality symptoms
spellingShingle Ahmad Shamsabadi
Qasem Ahi
Seyed Abdolhamid Bahreinian
Ahmad Mansouri4
Fatemeh Shahabizadeh
The Mediating Role of Personality Organization in the Relationship between Childhood Maltreatment and Borderline Personality Symptoms
Taḥqīqāt-i ̒Ulūm-i Raftārī
childhood maltreatment
personality organization
borderline personality symptoms
title The Mediating Role of Personality Organization in the Relationship between Childhood Maltreatment and Borderline Personality Symptoms
title_full The Mediating Role of Personality Organization in the Relationship between Childhood Maltreatment and Borderline Personality Symptoms
title_fullStr The Mediating Role of Personality Organization in the Relationship between Childhood Maltreatment and Borderline Personality Symptoms
title_full_unstemmed The Mediating Role of Personality Organization in the Relationship between Childhood Maltreatment and Borderline Personality Symptoms
title_short The Mediating Role of Personality Organization in the Relationship between Childhood Maltreatment and Borderline Personality Symptoms
title_sort mediating role of personality organization in the relationship between childhood maltreatment and borderline personality symptoms
topic childhood maltreatment
personality organization
borderline personality symptoms
url http://rbs.mui.ac.ir/article-1-1365-en.html
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