The Effectiveness of the Mentalization Based Therapy on Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Regulation Difficulties among Under Achievers Students

Document Type : Original Article

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Department of Special Education - College of Education King Khalid University - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abstract

The study aimed to identify  the effectiveness of the mentalization based therapy (MBT) on mentalizing, borderline personality disorder, difficulties of emotional regulation, and depression among under achievers. A total sample included 280-students with under achievements (Age=21-27) completed measures for borderline personality disorder, at 2019 in Saudi Arabia, The experimental study  included 17 students (M=24.45, SD=1.96), that are distributed into two groups: control group (N=9), and experimental group (N=8), Two groups are completed measures for borderline personality disorder, mentaliztion, difficulties of emotional regulation, and depression. the intervention contains of MBT, it consisted of 24 sessions, 2 times a week. The results indicated that the members of intervention group showed greater improvement in mentalization, and reduction of borderline personality disorder, depression, and difficulties of emotional regulation in the post-test compared to the pre-test, and compared to the control group, on the other hand. Thus, there are statistically significant differences between the mean-ranks of Scores of the intervention group in pre-test and post-test on mentalization, borderline personality disorder, difficulties of emotional regulation, and depression. The present findings provided important evidence for effectiveness of MBT for reduction of borderline personality disorder among students with under achievements.

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Volume 77, Issue 77 - Serial Number 77
مناهج وطرق التدریس ( اللغة العربیة- الإنجلیزیة – الفرنسیة – الریاضیات – العلوم- الفنون- الاقتصاد المنزلی- التجاری ... )
September 2020
Pages 2067-2121
  • Receive Date: 07 June 2020
  • Revise Date: 29 June 2020
  • Accept Date: 18 July 2020