Ali Ebrahimi - Student Research Committee, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Ehsan Taheri - Student Research Committee, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Elham Azamian Jazi - Tehran Institute of Psychiatry-School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Tehran, Iran
Yazdan Naderi - Student Research Committee, the University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Narges Kabiri Samani - Student Research Committee, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Behnoush asadollahi dehkordi - Student Research Committee, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Zahra Asl soleimani - Student Research Committee, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Behrooz Dolatshahi - University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Background and Objective: The relationship of borderline personality traits with childhood teasing and traumatic experiences is a major risk factor in the development of borderline personality disorder (BPD) symptoms; nonetheless, this relationship is not fully understood.  The present study aimed to provide further evidence on the role of childhood teasing, traumatic experiences, and other pathological personality traits, such as negative affectivity, antagonism, psychoticism, disinhibition, detachment, depression, anxiety, and stress symptom, in the development of borderline personality disorder, especially in Iranian non-clinical populations. Materials and Methods: A total of ۳۸۵ college students were assessed by teasing questionnaire-revised (TQ-R), childhood trauma questionnaire (CTQ), Personality Inventory for DSM-۵ Brief Form (PID-۵-BF), the borderline personality scale (SIB), and the depression, anxiety, and stress scale (DASS-۲۱). Results: Descriptive statistics, Pearson Correlations, and stepwise regression analysis statistics were conducted to examine the relationship of borderline personality traits with childhood teasing and traumatic experiences. The current study supported the significant positive correlation of borderline personality disorder with PID-۵-BF, such as negative affectivity, antagonism, psychoticism, disinhibition, detachment, depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms, as well as teasing and traumatic experiences in non-clinical individuals. Conclusions: As evidenced by the results of this study, childhood traumatic experiences have a prominent role to play in the development of borderline personality psychopathology.

Borderline personality traits, General populations, Personality traits, Teasing, Traumatic experience