Community Health Journal

Community Health Journal

The Effectiveness of Functional Analytical Therapy on Object Relations and Coping with Stressful Situations in Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
M Siroos 1
B Mirzaian 2
R Hasanzadeh 3
1 -Ph.D Student, Dept of Psychology, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, sari, Iran.
2 Assistant Prof, Dept of Psychology, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, sari, Iran.
3 Prof, Dept of Psychology, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, sari, Iran.
10.22123/chj.2021.270512.1664
Abstract
Introduction: Functional analytical therapy is a new method in the treatment of psychological disorders. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of functional analytical therapy on object relations and coping with stressful situations in patients with borderline personality disorder.
Materials and Methods: The method of the present study was quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test with experimental and control groups with a quarterly follow-up phase. The statistical population of the study included all women referred to Asal Psychiatric Disorders Treatment Center in Karaj in 2020. 24 patients with moderate disease level were selected by simple random sampling and were replaced in two groups of 12 according to the lottery. The functional analytical therapy package of Tsai et al. was performed on the experimental group in 10 sessions of 45 minutes, but no intervention was performed on the control group. Pre-test and post-test were obtained using the Bell et al.'s Object Relations Questionnaire and the Endler and Parker's coping with stressful situations Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using mixed covariance analysis.
Results: The results showed that functional analytical therapy had an effect of 92% on the improvement of object relations (F = 78.34, p<0.001) and an effect of 82% on avoidant style (F =36.54, p<0.001), of the variable coping with stressful situations in patients with borderline personality disorder.
Conclusion: This study emphasizes the effect of functional analytical therapy on object relations and coping with stressful situations in patients, so it can provide therapists with practical implications for the treatment of people with borderline personality disorder.
Keywords
Object
Coping
Borderline personality disorder
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