TY  - JOUR
AU  - Temircan, Zekeriya
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/12/31
TI  - Psychological Flexibility in Borderline Personality Disorder: A Comparative Study with Healthy Controls
JO  - OBM Neurobiology
SP  - 316
VL  - 09
IS  - 04
AB  - This study aimed to examine the psychological flexibility of individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD) compared to healthy controls. Psychological flexibility is a key construct related to mental health and adaptive functioning, and understanding its levels in BPD can provide insight into symptom severity and treatment outcomes. The study included 58 individuals diagnosed with BPD and 62 healthy volunteer controls, all meeting specific inclusion and exclusion criteria. Participants completed a series of validated self-report measures, including a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Cognitive Fusion Scale, the Valued Living Questionnaire, the Borderline Personality Scale, the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II (AAQ-II), and the Contextual Self Scale. Data collection focused on assessing aspects of psychological flexibility, mindfulness, value enactment, and cognitive fusion. Statistical analyses were conducted using SPSS version 25 to compare the two groups, controlling for demographic variables such as age, gender, and marital status. Analysis revealed no statistically significant differences between the BPD and control groups in gender distribution, marital status, or age. Gender did not significantly influence psychological scale scores in either group. However, individuals with BPD demonstrated substantially lower scores across multiple psychological domains, including psychological flexibility, mindfulness, value enactment, and cognitive flexibility, compared to healthy controls. The BPD group showed marked difficulties in accepting and adapting to thoughts and emotions, as indicated by lower scores on the AAQ-II and Cognitive Fusion Scale. These findings suggest that psychological inflexibility is a prominent feature in BPD. The study highlights the critical role of psychological flexibility in the mental health of individuals with borderline personality disorder. Lower psychological flexibility is associated with increased psychopathological symptoms, poorer treatment response, and an adverse prognosis. Addressing psychological inflexibility through targeted therapeutic interventions may improve outcomes and quality of life for people living with BPD.
SN  - 2573-4407
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.neurobiol.2504316
DO  - 10.21926/obm.neurobiol.2504316
ID  - Temircan2025
ER  -