%0 Journal Article %T A Comparative Study of the Prevalence and Intensity of Borderline Personality Features in Male and Female High School Students in Fars Province %J International Journal of School Health %I Shiraz University of Medical Sciences %Z 2345-5152 %A Sajadi, Seyede Fateme %A Riyahi, Habibe %A Sahraeeyan, Zahra %A Sadeghi, Raziye %A Tajikzadeh, Fakhri %A Mahmoudi, Tayebe %A Zargar, Yadolla %D 2015 %\ 04/01/2015 %V 2 %N 2 %P 1-5 %! A Comparative Study of the Prevalence and Intensity of Borderline Personality Features in Male and Female High School Students in Fars Province %K prevalence %K Intensity %K Students %K Borderline Personality Features %R 10.17795/intjsh-25625 %X Background: Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is the most important and prevalent entity, with a population prevalence rate of 1.4 to 5.9.Objectives: Although, the epidemiology of BPD is insufficiently known, our objective was to compare the cross-sectional prevalence and intensity of this disorder among high school male and female students.Patients and Methods: The study comprised of 1265 male/female high school students in educational year 2013 to 2014 in Fars province, selected by multi-stage random sampling. Data collection was done using Borderline Personality Features Scale-Children. The descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, student’s independent t-test, and multivariate analysis of variance were used for data analysis.Results: The prevalence rate of borderline personality features in whole sample is 26.6%, with 34.2% in females and 17.4% in males There was a significant difference between males and females (P < 0.001, χ2 = 6.72). Regarding total scores and related four subscales, significant differences were found between the prevalence of borderline personality features in males and females; self-harm and negative relationship subscales were higher in male students.Conclusions: The results showed that there was a considerable gap between the real prevalence of borderline personality disorder in the general population and its prevalence in clinical records. Also, the prevalence of borderline personality disorder in non-clinical adolescent’s population is higher than its prevalence in adult population. It shows the necessity for more specific investigations and designing predictive plans. %U https://intjsh.sums.ac.ir/article_45052_5b36eb0ba6d4522a2077f85d0d5007c3.pdf