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1National Institute of Psychology, Quaid-I-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan.
Objective:
To explore the relationship among adaptive family functioning, iImpulsivity and borderline personality disorder, and to test the mediating role of impulsivity between the other two elements.
Methods:
The cross-sectional correlational study was conducted at the National Institute of Psychology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, from August 17, 2015, to June 10, 2017, and comprised patients seeking psychiatric consultation. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-4th Edition criteria was used to assess personality disorders. Correlation and mediation analysis was carried out on those diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. Data was analysed using SPSS 21.
Results:
Of the 408 patients assessed, 183(45%) had borderline personality disorder. Of them, 118(64.4%) were males and 65(35.5%) were females. Both impulsivity and borderline personality disorder were negatively related to adaptive family functioning (p<0.01). Significant positive relationship was found between impulsivity and border line personality disorder(p< 0.01) .
Conclusions:
The mediating role of impulsivity between adaptive family functioning and borderline personality disorder was established.
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