Saira Khan, Anila Kamal.
Adaptive family functioning and borderline personality disorder: Mediating role of impulsivity..
J Pak Med Assoc Jan ;70(1):86-9.

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. 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. 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) . The mediating role of impulsivity between adaptive family functioning and borderline personality disorder was established.

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