Prediction of Alexithymia Based on Primary Maladaptive Schemas with the Mediating Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies in Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder
Subject Areas : general PsychologyNikinaz Zarrabiyan 1 , Mohammad Kazem Zarrabiyan 2 , Nasrin Matinnia 3
1 - MA in Clinical Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Medical Science, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj / Iran. E mail: nikinaz.zarabian@gmail.com
2 - corresponding author, PhD in Psychology, Behavioral Disorders and Substance Abuse Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan/Iran. E mail: h93zarabian@gmail.com
3 - Assistant Professor, PhD of community health, Nursing group, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan/Iran. E mail: nmatinnia@yahoo.com
Keywords: Alexithymia, Borderline Personality Disorder, Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies, Primary Maladaptive Schemas,
Abstract :
Abstract Introduction: Considering the high prevalence and negative effects of borderline personality disorders on the affected person and the society, the importance of knowing this disorder as much as possible and identifying the predictors and variables of these disorders is felt. The present study was conducted with the aim of predicting alexithymia based on primary maladaptive schemas with the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation strategies in patients with borderline personality disorder. Methods: It is an applied, cross-sectional, quantitative and descriptive correlational study. The statistical population was patients with borderline personality disorder Who Referred to counseling centers in Hamedan city from February 2022 to the end of May 2022. Based on the formula of Fidel and Tabachnig (2007), the sample was 107 people and increased to 120 people as a precaution. The sampling method was available and targeted. The research tools were three alexithymia questionnaires by Bagby, Parker and Taylor (1994), Yang's primary maladaptive schemas (1999) and Garnevsky and Kraij's (2006) cognitive emotion regulation strategies. Path analysis method was used to test the hypothesis. Findings: The results showed that the gamma pathway is significant in the field of cut and rejection, impaired self-management and performance, and excessive tinnitus/inhibition to alexithymia. The gamma path from impaired limitations to mediating variables of positive emotional regulation and the gamma path from cut and rejection, impaired limitations and other orientations to mediating variables of negative emotional regulation are significant. The beta pathway from positive emotional regulation pathway as well as negative emotional regulation pathway is significant to alexithymia. Conclusion: Early maladaptive schemas and negative emotion regulation strategies can cause alexithymia in people with borderline personality disorder.
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