Comparison of defensive styles and cognitive functions (memory, cognitive attention, sustained attention, planning) in individuals with borderline personality traits and normal individuals

Background and Aim : Personality is an influential factor in general health and well-being and is a well-organized, unified set of relatively stable and stable traits that altogether distinguishes one person from another. Therefore, the present study was conducted to compare the defensive styles in people with borderline personality traits and normal individuals.Methods : The present study is a causal-comparative study. For this purpose, 30 individuals with borderline personality traits (5 clerics in Tehran in 1997) were selected by convenience sampling and 30 normal individuals by sampling method. Random sampling was selected. Jackson and Claridge Borderline Symptoms Questionnaire (1991) and Andrews Defense Styles Questionnaire and Rescue Cognitive Functions Questionnaire (2013) were administered to the participants. Data were analyzed using SPSS software and descriptive statistics and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA).Results : The results showed that there was a significant difference between normal people and those with borderline personality traits in the total score of defensive styles variable and this difference showed that normal people developed Most of the non-growth styles were used, whereas in people with borderline personality traits, this result was reversed. There was also a higher score on cognitive functions of the normal subjects, except for the memory variable, which did not show a significant difference.Conclusion : Considering the fact that one of the problems of people with borderline characteristics is their judgment and communication problems, the results of this study in the field of evaluation, training of counseling services for people with borderline personality characteristics is important.

کلیدواژه ها:

Defense styles ، Cognitive functions ، Borderline personality traits