Investigating the prevalence of personality disorders and its relationship with personality traits among students
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS) - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
The present study was aimed to investigate the prevalence of personality disorders and its relationship with personality traits among students. This research was among epidemiological-correlational descriptive studies. Method: For this purpose, 389 male students were selected via a multi-stage cluster sampling method. All subjects completed Millon's personality disorder (1987) and five-factor personality Costaand McCrae's questionnaires (1989). Results: The results showed that the prevalence of personality disorders is among students. It was also found that there existed a positive correlation between schizoid, avoidant, dependent, schizotypal, borderline and paranoid personality disorders with Neuroticism factor (r = .1). There was a significant negative correlation between schizoid, avoidant and schizotypal personality disorders with extraversion factor (r = .1) and significant positive correlation between histrionic disorders and extraversion (r = .1). There was a significant negative correlation between dependent personality disorder and Openness factor (r = .1) , significant negative correlation between narcissistic, antisocial and paranoid personality disorders with agree ableness factor (r = .1) and finally, significant negative correlation between antisocial, passive-aggressive and borderline personality disorders with accountability factor (r = .1)and a significant positive correlation between accountability factor and compulsive personality disorder (r = .1). Conclusion: The results suggest a prevalence of personality disorders among students and significant correlation between some disorders with personality factors. Further studies in this area could provide more insightful findings in the field.
Authors and Affiliations
Davod Ghaderi| Department of Psychology, Sarab Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sarab, Iran, Corresponding Email: d.ghaderipsy@gmail.com, Ali Mostafaei| Assistant professor Payame Noor University Tehran I.R.Iran, Saadi Bayazidi| Psychology PhD Student, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran, Mahdi Shahnazari| Department of Psychology, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran
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