Prediction of Borderline Personality Traits base on Disconnection/Rejection Schemas

Abstract

Background: Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a chronic condition that warrants further empirical investigation. The aim of this research was to investigate the prediction of BPD symptomatology based on disconnection/rejection Schemas. Method and Materials: Data for the current study was collected from students of Shiraz University. Sample consisted of 120 undergraduate students. The ages of the sample ranged from 18-26 with an average age of 19.55. Forty-four participants were men (36.6%) and fifty-six participants were women (46.6%). Instruments used in this study include: Young Schema Questionnaire – Short Form 3 (YSQ-S3; Young, 2005) and Five-Factor Borderline Personality Inventory (FFBI; Mullins-Sweatt et al., 2012). Results: the study revealed non-significant effects for gender on total borderline personality scores (F= 3.04, p > .08), five subscales of FFBI, extraversion (F= 1.59, p > 0.2), agreeableness (F= 1.01, p< 0.3), conscientiousness (F= 0.001, p < 0.9), emotional instability (F= 0.52, p < 0.4), and intellect (F= 0.23, p < 0.6) and disconnection/rejection Schemas (). Also these results showed disconnection/rejection schemas predicted borderline personality traits. Conclusion: Disconnection/rejection schemas could predict borderline personality traits.