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Golizadeh ُ, Mansoureiyeh N. Investigating the Relationship between Attachment Styles and Identity Styles and Tendency to Suicidal Thoughts in People with Symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder: A Descriptive Study. JRUMS 2025; 23 (11) :960-972
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Background and Objectives: Suicide is a social harm and is more common in people with borderline personality disorder. Attachment styles and identity styles are two important influencing variables in suicidal thoughts. The research was conducted with the aim of determining the relationship between attachment styles and identity styles and suicidal thoughts in people with symptoms of borderline personality disorder.
Materials and Methods: This study is descriptive. The statistical population was all those who referred to the psychiatric centers of Tabriz City from March to June 2023. 210 sample people were purposively selected. The research tools were Identity Styles, Attachment Styles, and Beck's Suicidal Ideation Questionnaires. Pearson correlation and multiple linear regression methods were used to analyze the research data.
Results: The results showed that there was a negative relationship between secure attachment style and suicidal thoughts (p<0.001, r=-0.307), and a positive relationship between fearful (p<0.001, r=0.367), preoccupied (p<0.001, r=0.476), and detached styles (p<0.001, r=0.285) and suicidal thoughts. There was a negative relationship between informational (p<0.001, r=-0.193) and normative identity (p<0.001, r=-0.345) style and suicidal thoughts; and a positive relationship between confused/avoidant identity style and suicidal thoughts (p<0.001, r=0.260). Attachment styles were able to predict suicidal tendencies in people with symptoms of borderline personality disorder (p<0.005). Also, identity styles were able to predict the tendency to suicidal thoughts in people with symptoms of borderline personality disorder (p<0.005).
Conclusion: By identifying correlates of suicidal thoughts, such as attachment styles and identity styles, preventive interventions can be designed and the rate of suicidal thoughts in the target population can be reduced.
Keywords: Attachment styles, Identity styles, Suicide, Borderline personality disorder
Funding: This study did not have any funds.
Conflict of interest: None declared.
Ethical considerations: The Ethics Committee of Tabriz Azad University of Medical Sciences approved the study (IR.IAU.TABRIZ.REC.1401.213).
Authors’ contributions:
- Conceptualization: Shirin Gholizade, Nastaran Mansouriyeh
- Methodology: Shirin Gholizade, Nastaran Mansouriyeh
- Data collection: Shirin Gholizade
- Formal analysis: Shirin Gholizade, Nastaran Mansouriyeh
- Supervision: Nastaran Mansouriyeh
- Project administration: Shirin Gholizade, Nastaran Mansouriyeh
- Writing – original draft: Shirin Gholizade, Nastaran Mansouriyeh
- Writing – review & editing: Nastaran Mansouriyeh, Shirin Gholizade
Materials and Methods: This study is descriptive. The statistical population was all those who referred to the psychiatric centers of Tabriz City from March to June 2023. 210 sample people were purposively selected. The research tools were Identity Styles, Attachment Styles, and Beck's Suicidal Ideation Questionnaires. Pearson correlation and multiple linear regression methods were used to analyze the research data.
Results: The results showed that there was a negative relationship between secure attachment style and suicidal thoughts (p<0.001, r=-0.307), and a positive relationship between fearful (p<0.001, r=0.367), preoccupied (p<0.001, r=0.476), and detached styles (p<0.001, r=0.285) and suicidal thoughts. There was a negative relationship between informational (p<0.001, r=-0.193) and normative identity (p<0.001, r=-0.345) style and suicidal thoughts; and a positive relationship between confused/avoidant identity style and suicidal thoughts (p<0.001, r=0.260). Attachment styles were able to predict suicidal tendencies in people with symptoms of borderline personality disorder (p<0.005). Also, identity styles were able to predict the tendency to suicidal thoughts in people with symptoms of borderline personality disorder (p<0.005).
Conclusion: By identifying correlates of suicidal thoughts, such as attachment styles and identity styles, preventive interventions can be designed and the rate of suicidal thoughts in the target population can be reduced.
Keywords: Attachment styles, Identity styles, Suicide, Borderline personality disorder
Funding: This study did not have any funds.
Conflict of interest: None declared.
Ethical considerations: The Ethics Committee of Tabriz Azad University of Medical Sciences approved the study (IR.IAU.TABRIZ.REC.1401.213).
Authors’ contributions:
- Conceptualization: Shirin Gholizade, Nastaran Mansouriyeh
- Methodology: Shirin Gholizade, Nastaran Mansouriyeh
- Data collection: Shirin Gholizade
- Formal analysis: Shirin Gholizade, Nastaran Mansouriyeh
- Supervision: Nastaran Mansouriyeh
- Project administration: Shirin Gholizade, Nastaran Mansouriyeh
- Writing – original draft: Shirin Gholizade, Nastaran Mansouriyeh
- Writing – review & editing: Nastaran Mansouriyeh, Shirin Gholizade
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Citation: Gholizade Sh, Mansouriyeh N. Investigating the Relationship Between Attachment Styles and Identity Styles and Tendency to Suicidal Thoughts in People with Symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder: A Descriptive Study. J Rafsanjan Univ Med Sci 2025; 23 (11): 960-72. [Farsi]
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Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
Psychiatry
Received: 2024/04/21 | Accepted: 2025/01/27 | Published: 2025/03/20
Received: 2024/04/21 | Accepted: 2025/01/27 | Published: 2025/03/20
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