Petstra, Carmen (2022) Impulsivity in Dissociative Identity Disorder Patients and Borderline Personality Disorder Patients. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Impulsivity is a key feature in the borderline personality disorder (BPD) and includes, among others, the following types: general and aggression-related impulsivity. Although BPD and dissociative identity disorder (DID) patients show high symptom overlap, the status of impulsivity remains unclear. These two groups may have experienced different types of parental aggression in their childhoods, which may have been internalized at a young age and could have led to varying levels of impulsivity between groups. This is supported by the finding that BPD patients tend to externalize their emotions, whereas DID patients use a more introverted coping style. Therefore, it is hypothesized that DID patients show lower general and aggression-related impulsivity than BPD patients. Two subscales from the Schema Mode Inventory were used to examine these types of impulsivity in the sample (N = 454), consisting of a dissociative disorder group (n = 25), BPD group (n = 166) and a comparison group (n = 263). A Kruskal-Wallis test with post hoc comparisons revealed that the BPD group showed significantly higher rates of both general and aggression-related impulsivity than the DID and comparison group, supporting the hypotheses. The latter two groups did not show significant differences. These findings may help improve the differential diagnosis and treatments for these patients. However, these results should be interpreted with caution, due to limitations such as sample issues and a reliance on self-report. Further research should take these issues into account, together with an examination of adverse childhood experiences in these patient groups.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Huntjens, R.J.C. and Vries, V.E. de |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Clinical Psychology (CP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Aug 2022 11:23 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Aug 2022 11:23 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1271 |
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