The Prediction of Borderline Personality Characteristics based on Attachment Styles and Self-Differentiation: the Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation

Abstract

11/ 1400 Abstract Borderline personality disorder is a complex and serious mental disorder that contains a pervasive pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, emotions, and impulsivity that begins in 372 who were selected using available sampling method. Data colle-ction tools were Drake Short Form of Self -Differentiation Scale (2011), Hazen and Schiver Adult Attachment Questionnaire (1987), Gratz and Roemer Emotional Difficulty Scale (2004), and Borderline Personality Disorder Characteristics Questionnaire. Research data were analyzed using correlation and regression methods. The results showed that the difficulty in regulating emotion as a mediating variable partially affects the relationship between self-differentiation and attachment styles with borderline personality disorder traits. Therefore, in a general conclusion, it can be claimed that attachment styles, self-differentiation were mediated by emotion regulation, may predict the characteristics of borderline personality disorder indepe-ndently.