Examining the relationship between borderline personality traits, anger, and anhedonia in a Turkish sample

Haydeh, Faraji; Özgün, Özgönül; Burak, Anıl M.

doi:10.21608/EJPSY.2024.346073

Examining the relationship between borderline personality traits, anger, and anhedonia in a Turkish sample

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science and Literature, Istanbul Aydın University, Turkey.

² Department of Clinical Psychology, Graduate Education Institute, Istanbul Aydın University, Istanbul, Turkey.

10.21608/EJPSY.2024.346073

Abstract

Background
Relationship conflicts, which are the most important borderline personality disorder symptoms, come from the bonds established through anger. On the contrary, anhedonia is a state in which individuals with borderline personality traits are intolerant, avoided, and in response to this, have impulsive actions. It is considered that anger mediates this process in individuals with borderline personality traits who avoid anhedonia and impulsively relate to other people.
Aim
The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between borderline personality traits, anger, and anhedonia.
Patients and Methods
The sample for the research consists of a total of 433 individuals, comprising 224(%51.7) women and 209(48.3%) men, living in Istanbul, Turkey. The sociodemographic data form prepared by the researcher and the State-trait anger and anger expression scale, Snaith Hamilton pleasure scale, and the borderline personality questionnaire were applied to the participants, and the obtained data were analyzed.
Results
As a result of the findings, it was determined that there was a significant relationship between borderline personality traits, anger, and anhedonia. The results showed that anger, borderline personality traits, and anhedonia levels of women were higher than those of men.
Conclusions
This study is of great importance as it allows us to deal with all aspects of borderline personality traits. In this direction, it also allows both the symptoms of the borderline personality structure and the factors that are the source of the symptoms to be addressed.

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