مقایسه نظریه ذهن در دانشجویان با رگه های اختلال شخصیت مرزی و همتایان عادی

Introduction: Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is associated with interpersonal problems, such as intense, unstable relationships and fears of abandonment. It has been hypothesized that deficits in social cognitive capacities explain these difficulties. In this regard this study aimed to compare ToM in university students with borderline personality disorder traits and normal counterparts. Methods: 20 university student with Borderline personality traits and 20 normal university students were chosen from Azarbayjan Shahid Madani Unversity by borderline personality inventory (Leichsenring, 1999), and then participants were evaluated in theory of mind with Reading the Mind (Baron-Cohen et al., 2001) in the Eyes Test. Data were analyzed using independent t- test. Results: The results showed that there are significant difference between university students with borderline personality traits and normal university students in Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (p< 0.0001). Conclusion: The results of this study indicated that university students with borderline personality traits exhibited deficits in theory of mind. Keywords: Borderline Personality Disorder, Mentalizing, theory of mind