IMPACT OF CHILDHOOD TRAUMA ON SOCIAL FUNCTIONING AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN INDIVIDUALS WITH BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER (BPD)

Abstract

A complex psychiatric condition known as borderline personality disorder (BPD) is recognized to have a significant negative impact on a person's social adjustment and quality of life (QOL). The study aimed to investigate how childhood trauma affected the social functioning and overall quality of life among those individuals who had been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD). About 100 individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) were enrolled in a cross-sectional study that used quantitative methods and a convenient sampling strategy. These patients met the required inclusion criteria for the study and were chosen from different hospitals in Peshawar. The Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), the Social Adjustment Scale (SAS), and the Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Scale (Q-LES-Q) were used in the data collection process, along with a structured self-reported questionnaire that included key demographic variables. The significant differences among borderline personality disorders with childhood trauma and without childhood trauma on social adjustment and quality of life were measured using independent sample t-test. Overall the results showed significant results on social functioning (t(98)= 2.15, p < 0.05) and quality of life (t(98)= 6.48, p < 0.05). Additionally, significant gender differences were also found. This research advances knowledge on the connections among childhood trauma, social functioning, and quality of life in BPD sufferers and provides insightful information for future research projects as well as therapeutic practice