Effectiveness of object relation psychotherapy on patients with borderline personality disorder

Effectiveness of short-term object relation psychotherapy on interpersonal relationships, self-destruct behaviors and personality organization of patients with borderline personality disorder

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20190504043463N1

Enrollment

Registered

2019-06-30

Start date

2019-06-22

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-08-26

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Conditions

Borderline personality disorder. Emotionally unstable personality disorder

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: Persons with borderline personality disorder that receive object relations psychotherapy. Short-term object relations Psychotherapy is run individually, in 16 sessi

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients with borderline personality disorder Older than 18 years Having at least diploma education

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Drug poisoning Preventive medical problems

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Interpersonal relationships: (People with borderline personality disorder show relationships in the fluctuation between idealisation and devaluation, the fear of being released and attempting to avoid such abandonment and displaying aggressive or hostile behaviors). Timepoint: The first, eighth and sixteenth sessions. Method of measurement: Interpersonal relationships: measured by the score obtained from the Bell Relationship Questionnaire (1986, BORI).;Self-destructive behaviors: (Behaviors such as smoking, inadequate exercise, and alcohol and medication to relieve stress and inappropriate diet are part of self-abusive behaviors and are among the main causes of death). Timepoint: The first, eighth and sixteenth sessions. Method of measurement: Self-destructive: To measure it, the score obtained from self-destructive questionnaire (Aghamohammadian Sherbaf, Moradian, Baensaf et al., 2012) is used.;Personality organization: (Personality organization refers to a relatively stable and often unconscious structure that dynamically organizes mental and content processes, patterns of behavioral, emotional, and method-related relationships with others that are characteristic of one person). Timepoint: The first, eighth and sixteenth sessions. Method of measurement: Kernberg Personality Organization Questionnaire (2002).	—

Measure

Time frame

Interpersonal relationships: (People with borderline personality disorder show relationships in the fluctuation between idealisation and devaluation, the fear of being released and attempting to avoid such abandonment and displaying aggressive or hostile behaviors). Timepoint: The first, eighth and sixteenth sessions. Method of measurement: Interpersonal relationships: measured by the score obtained from the Bell Relationship Questionnaire (1986, BORI).;Self-destructive behaviors: (Behaviors such as smoking, inadequate exercise, and alcohol and medication to relieve stress and inappropriate diet are part of self-abusive behaviors and are among the main causes of death). Timepoint: The first, eighth and sixteenth sessions. Method of measurement: Self-destructive: To measure it, the score obtained from self-destructive questionnaire (Aghamohammadian Sherbaf, Moradian, Baensaf et al., 2012) is used.;Personality organization: (Personality organization refers to a relatively stable and often unconscious structure that dynamically organizes mental and content processes, patterns of behavioral, emotional, and method-related relationships with others that are characteristic of one person). Timepoint: The first, eighth and sixteenth sessions. Method of measurement: Kernberg Personality Organization Questionnaire (2002).

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Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactIsaac Rahimian Boogar

The University of Semnan

i_rahimian@semnan.ac.ir+98 23 3362 4250

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026