THE CORRELATION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WITH BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER SYMPTOMS AMONG ADOLESCENTS EXPERIENCING PSYCHOSOCIAL DISTRESS IN THE AL-MUTHALATH AREA
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2025-10-28
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Najieh, Saleh
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An-Najah National University
Abstract
The research explores the connection between psychosocial distress and symptoms related to borderline personality disorder (BPD) and home-related violence among youth in the Al-Muthalath area. This study aims to determine the extent of both problems and describe the nature of their association, the degree of violence in its different forms as predictors of BPD symptoms, and the effect of socio-demographic factors such as gender and age that define this particular demographic Arab society of the region. Using the Domestic Violence Scale of 25 questions that measure 5 different kinds of violence (physical, psychological, social, economic, and abusive threats) and the 17-item Borderline Disorder Symptoms Scale, the researcher used a cross-sectional quantitative descriptive correlational survey design and analysis. After piloting the study with 30 respondents to determine the scales' psychometric properties, the researcher proceeded to the actual data collection phase and analyzed the data with SPSS-28. The analysis involved descriptive statistics, independent sample t-tests, one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation, and stepwise multiple regression analysis.
The Al-Muthalath region includes the Arab towns of Umm al-Fahm, Baqa al-Gharbiyye, and Taibeh, and the target population includes 11 to 21-year-old teens facing psychosocial issues. 103 adolescents, aged 11 to 21, were recruited to the sample in a community health, education, and convenience sampling process, and they were 58.3% male and 41.7% female. The age distribution is as follows: age 11 to 14 were 16.5%; ages 14 to 18 were 60.2%; and age 18 to 21 were 23.3%. The average of the 5 dimensions, including domestic violence, had moderate results (overall average was 2.65 out of 5 (53.0%)); social violence was the highest average (56.0%). Also moderate was the average of the borderline personality disorder (BPD) symptoms, 2.81 out of 5 (56.2%)); trust issues (29.0%) and fear of abandonment (66.4%); and although lower, self-destructive behaviours were present at a severe rate; and the lower prevalence of BPD symptoms was also the most severe.
Males reported higher levels of exposure to domestic violence and BPD symptoms to a greater extent than females (all p < .001). There is a difference of symptoms of BPD and age, as BPD is more prevalent in the older adolescents compared to the younger ones (F = 3.876, p = .024). Also, the correlation domestic violence and BPD symptoms were strong (r = .821-.892, all p < .01). Combining psychological and social violence, BPD symptoms presented a variance prediction of 82.4%.
Systems should implement tailored, trauma-informed care, including the development of mental health service models for ethnically minor adolescents, community protection, improvement of community safeguards pertaining to the safety and privacy of adolescents, the resourcing of the mental health of marginalized populations, the mental health of marginalized populations, and the advocacy of adapted models with communities for vulnerable populations. Systems should implement tailored, trauma-informed care, including the development of mental health service models for ethnically minor adolescents, community protection, improvement of community safeguards of the safety and privacy of adolescents, the resourcing of the mental health of marginalized populations, the mental health of marginalized populations, and the advocacy of adapted models with communities for vulnerable populations. Systems should implement tailored, trauma-informed care, including the development of mental health service models for ethnically minor adolescents, community protection, improvement of community safeguards pertaining to the safety and privacy of adolescents.