ali parvandi; hassan yaghoubi; ezzatolah ahmadi
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Introduction: The Purpose of the research was to compare the neuropsychological deficits in individuals with borderline and narcissistic personality disorder symptoms and normal individuals. Method: The research design was causal-comparative. The sample of the study included 24 individual with borderline ...
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Introduction: The Purpose of the research was to compare the neuropsychological deficits in individuals with borderline and narcissistic personality disorder symptoms and normal individuals. Method: The research design was causal-comparative. The sample of the study included 24 individual with borderline personality disorder symptoms and 22 individual with narcissistic personality disorder symptoms who through purposeful method were selected through patients who had referred to the Psychiatry clinic of Imam Khomeini Hospital and the Payvand counseling clinic in Songhor and were compared with 22 normal individual from the hospital and counseling center personnel. The dot-probe task, Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, Digit Span Task, Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, go/ no go test and Reading the Mind in the Eyes tests were used to collect data. Data were analyzed via using multivariate analysis of variance and Tukey post hoc test. Results: The results showed that there is a significant difference between the groups in the dependent variables. This means that individual with borderline and narcissistic personality disorder symptoms demonstrated more attention bias and impulsivity and impairment in theory of mind and executive functions compared to normal group. These deficits (except for working memory) were higher in individual with borderline personality disorder compared to individual with narcissistic personality syndrome. Conclusion: Neuropsychological deficits in individuals with borderline and narcissistic personality disorder symptoms are more than normal individuals. Although, these deficits in individuals with borderline are more than individuals with narcissistic personality disorder symptoms.
siamak dadashi; ezatolah ahmadi; Hassan Bafandeh Gharamaleki
Volume 4, Issue 13 , August 2018, , Pages 139-158
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Introduction: Borderline personality disorder is one of the most common psychiatric disorders. The essential feature of borderline personality disorder is a pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity that begins by early adulthood ...
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Introduction: Borderline personality disorder is one of the most common psychiatric disorders. The essential feature of borderline personality disorder is a pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity that begins by early adulthood and is present in a variety of contexts. However, there is evidence that neuropsychological alterations has a relevant role in the clinical features of these patients. This study aimed to investigation of neuropsychological dysfunctions and theory of mind deficiency in subjects with borderline personality disorder traits. Methods: In this regard, 30 college student with Borderline personality traits and 30 normal college students were chosen by borderline personality inventory (BPI), ), and then participants were evaluated with Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11, Corsi Blocks Test, Balloon Analogue Risk Task and Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test. Findings: Data were analyzed using Multivariate analysis of variance(MANOVA). The results showed that there are significant difference between subjects with borderline personality disorder traits and normal subjects in cognitive flexibility, impulsivity and visuospatial working memory and theory of mind(pConclusion: Therefore, the results of this study indicated thatcollege students with borderline personality traits exhibited deficits in cognitive flexibility, impulsivity, visuospatial working memory and theory of mind.
