Mazaheri Nejad Fard G, Mazaheri M A, Jobson L, Mohammadsadeghi H, Dehghani M. (2025). Investigating the Mediating Role of Sense of Self in the Relationship Between Pathological Personality Characteristics and Borderline Personality Traits: A Structural Model.
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13(12), 11-20.
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1- Ph.D Candidate of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
2- Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran. , mazaheri45@gmail.com
3- Associate Professor, School of Psychological Sciences and Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, Monash University, Australia.
4- Psychiatrist, Central Queensland Hospital and Health Services, Australia.
5- Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract: (301 Views)
The present study was conducted to investigate the mediating role of the fragile and coherent sense of self in the relationship between pathological personality characteristics and borderline personality traits. The current research was a descriptive-correlation type of structural equation modeling. The statistical population included all students of the state universities (affiliated with the Ministry of Science) of Tehran in the academic year 2023-2024, among whom 510 individuals were selected as the sample group using convenience sampling. Research tools included the Personality Inventory for DSM-5-Brief Form-Adult (PID-5-BF, Krueger et al., 2013), the Sense of Self Scale (SOSS, Flury & Ickes, 2007), and Borderline Personality Inventory (BPI, Leichsenring, 1999). The data were analyzed using the structural equation analysis method. The results of the structural equation analysis indicated the appropriate fit of the model. The findings showed that pathological personality characteristics and fragile sense of self directly and significantly predict borderline personality traits (p<0.01), and pathological personality characteristics indirectly predict borderline personality traits through the mediating role of fragile sense of self (p<0.05). Therefore, it can be concluded that pathological personality characteristics which reflect the degree of compatibility/incompatibility of personality function and personality traits, in conjunction with the level of integration and coherence of sense of self, can explain the pathology of borderline personality traits.
Type of Article:
Research |
Subject:
Clinical Psychology Received: 2024/10/21 | Accepted: 2024/11/20 | ePublished: 2025/02/27