The Effectiveness of Analytical Psychotherapy on Impulsivity, Sexual Diversity Seeking and Anxiety in Borderline Patients
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Objective: Borderline personality disorder is a complex disorder that is associated with significant incidence, mortality, and public health costs. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of analytical psychotherapy on sexual impulsivity, sexual diversification, and anxiety behaviors in borderline patients.
Methods and Materials: This study was a clinical trial with pre-test, post-test, and follow-up with a control group conducted in a semi-experimental research design. The statistical population of this study was people with borderline personality disorder (from April to June 2022) to psychiatry and psychiatry clinics in Sari City (172 people). Sampling was based on the convenience sampling method, assigned to experimental and control groups (10 in each group) according to the criteria. Data collection tools in this research were: structured clinical interview for diagnosis of personality disorders (Fyrst, Spitzer, Gibbon and Williams, 1997), Beck Anxiety Inventory (Beck & Esther, 1990), Bharat Impulsivity Scale (Fossati et al., 2002) and Sexual Diversity Seeking Questionnaire (Aref Nazari et al., 2011). Data were analyzed using repeated measures ANOVA and SPSS.22 software.
Findings: The results showed that analytical psychotherapy was effective in reducing impulsivity behaviors (F=53.00, P<0.001), sexual diversity seeking (F=24.82, P<0.001), and anxiety (F=10.00, P<0.001) in borderline patients.
Conclusion: It can be concluded that analytical psychotherapy has an effect on impulsivity, sexual diversity seeking, and anxiety in borderline patients and can be used to reduce the psychological problems of borderline patients.
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