effectiveness of emotionally focused therapy (eft) on nightmare and emotional instability in people with borderline personality disorder

The aim of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of emotionally focused therapy (eft) on nightmares and emotional instability in people with borderline personality disorder. The research method was quasi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design and a control group. The statistical population of the research was all patients with borderline personality disorder who were referred to a neuropsychiatric clinic in Yazd in 1401. Among them, 40 qualified volunteers were included in the study by Purposive sampling based on the entry and exit criteria of the research and then the people were randomly replaced into two experimental (20 people) and control (20 people) groups. The experimental group received 12 sessions of emotionally focused therapy, while the control group remained on the waiting list. The research tools included Schizotypal Trait questionnaire-Bform(STB) (Jackson & Claridge, 1991), Disturbing Dreams and Nightmares Severity Index (DDNSI) (Krakow, 2002), and the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) (Gratz & Roemer, 2004). The results of multivariate covariance analysis showed that after controlling for the pre-test effect, there is a significant difference between the two experimental and control groups in the variables of nightmares and emotional instability in the post-test stage (P <0.001, F=53). based on the findings of this research, it is concluded that emotionally focused therapy is effective in improving nightmares and emotional instability of people with a borderline personality disorder.