The Relationship between Childhood Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Adulthood Borderline Personality Disorder

Ali Mashhadi; esmail soltani; Ebrahim Akbari; azam farmani

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The Relationship between Childhood Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Adulthood Borderline Personality Disorder

Author(s):

Ali Mashhadi^1,*,

esmail soltani²,

Ebrahim Akbari³,

azam farmani⁴

1Department of Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

2Department in Clinical Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3Department in Clinical Psychology, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran

4Department in Clinical psychology, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences:Vol. 15, issue 2; e93112

Published online:Oct 28, 2012

Article type:Research Article

Received:May 02, 2011

Accepted:Jun 22, 2011

How to Cite:Ali Mashhadiesmail soltaniEbrahim Akbariazam farmaniThe Relationship between Childhood Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Adulthood Borderline Personality Disorder.Zahedan J Res Med Sci.15(2):e93112.

Abstract

Background : Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a risk factor for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) during adulthood. Studying the relationship between childhood ADHD disorder symptoms and depression and borderline personality disorder symptoms among students was the main aim of this study.
Materials and Methods : A total of 291 students, who were studying in Shiraz and Tabriz universities inThe academic year of 2010-2011, were selected from three groups of Humanities, Basic Sciences, and Technical-Engineering Sciences using simple sampling method. They participated in the study through completing Wender Utah Rating Scale (WURS), Borderline Personality Scale (STB) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II). Pearsons correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis were used to analyze the data.
Results : The results showed that there is a significant positive relationship between childhood ADHD and borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) in adulthood and childhood ADHD is able to predict BPD in adulthood (p<0.01). Similarly, the relationship between symptoms of childhood ADHD and depression was positive and significant (p<0.01).
Conclusion : There is a relationship between symptoms of childhood ADHD, BPD and depression in students. It is recommended to pay due attention to the comorbidity disorders such as BPD and depression in the treatment of ADHD disorder.

Keywords

Attention deficit/hyperactivity

disorder(ADHD)

Borderline personality

disorder(BPD)

Depression

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