The relationship between borderline personality traits and seperation indivudaition period in university students

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between borderline personality traits and separation-individuation period. The study was carried out with 372 students from Haliç University Sütlüce Campus, İstanbul. Sociodemographic Information Form, which was formed by the researcher, was developed in order to obtain sociodemographic information of university students. Borderline Personality Scale (BPQ) for measuring borderline personality traits of students and Separation Individualization Adolescent Test (SITA) was used to measure dissociation-individuation levels. According to the results of the study; A significant positive correlation was found between the characteristics of the decomposition-individuation period and borderline personality traits. Accordingly, as the problems of separation-individuation increase, the borderline personality traits also increase and intensify. Besides, it was determined that the decomposition-individuation characteristics explained borderline personality traits and predicted 33%. Separation anxiety, declination expectation and restriction anxiety, which are disaggregation-individuation subscales, have a significant positive relationship with borderline personality traits.