The relationship between friendship quality, affective style and obsessive-compulsive, avoidant and dependent personality disorder symptoms

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Abstract Interpersonal relationships and emotions are two factors which affected mental health, and can play an important role in the formatting or continuing of maladaptive personality traits. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between friendship quality and affective style with obsessive-compulsive, avoidant and dependent personality disorder. For this purpose, 400 female students of Al-Zahra University were selected by using a sampling method and they responded to the International Personality Disorder Examination Questionnaire screening, friendliness-unfriendliness questionnaire  and affective style questionnaire. The results showed that all three disorders have a significant negative correlation with a total score of friendship quality and adjusting component of affective style. Also, regression analysis showed that the components of friendship quality and affective style play a significant role in predicting personality disorder. Commonly, all three disorders have a significant negative relationship with alienation component of friendship quality and have a significant positive relationship with concealing component of affective style. In general, people with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, avoidant and dependent have a experience low quality on different aspects of friendship and they use maladaptive style for affective regulation.

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volume 16  issue 2

pages  131- 139

publication date 2019-03

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