Background: Borderline personality disorder is one of the most chronic, serious, and
challenging mental disorders characterized by core symptoms such as emotional instability,
impulsivity, identity disorder, problematic interpersonal relationships, and self-injurious
behaviors. Cognitive flexibility, impulsivity, interpersonal challenge are important symptoms
of this disorder.
Aim: The aim of this research is to investigate the effectiveness of correcting cognitive biases
of students with symptoms of borderline personality disorder on cognitive flexibility and
impulsivity and interpersonal challenge.
Methodology: The statistical population of this research included all students of the Persian
Gulf University in the academic year 1401-1402 with symptoms of borderline personality
disorder, 478 male and female students were selected by cluster sampling based on the
borderline personality disorder scale, of which 92 subjects were selected based on the cut-off
point. 35 and above were selected as a purposeful sampling, and finally 40 subjects entered
the second stage of the research based on the entry criteria. The tools used included cognitive
flexibility questionnaire, impulsivity, interpersonal challenge and cognitive bias assessment
test.
Conclusions: The results related to the first hypothesis showed that the correction of
cognitive biases of students with symptoms of borderline personality disorder has a
significant difference and a positive effect on cognitive flexibility. The results related to the
second hypothesis showed that the correction of cognitive biases of students with symptoms
of borderline personality disorder has a significant difference and a positive effect on
impulsivity. The results related to the third hypothesis showed that correcting the cognitive
biases of students with symptoms of borderline personality disorder on interpersonal
problems has a significant difference and a positive effect. The results related to the last
hypothesis showed tha