A comparative study on the alexithymia and narcissism and borderline personality traits in girls attempting suicide and normal girls in Ilam

The present study aimed to compare alexithymia and narcissism and borderline personality traits in girls who attempted suicide and normal girls in Ilam in 2018. The present study was a fundamental, causal-comparative study. The statistical population included all girls with and without a history of suicide in Ilam. The sample size was determined at 100 people (50 girls who attempted suicide and referred to Imam Khomeini Hospital, Mostafa Khomeini Hospital, and Taleghani Hospital in Ilam and 50 normal girls with no history of suicide). Then, the research tools including Toronto Alexithymia Scale, Raskin & Hall Narcissistic Personality Inventory, and Borderline Personality Questionnaire were distributed among girls who attempted suicide and then among normal girls without a history of suicide. Then, the data of all questionnaires were recorded and analyzed in SPSS software using multivariate analysis of variance.  The results showed that there was a significant difference between alexithymia and narcissism and borderline personality traits of girls who attempted suicide and normal girls in Ilam. The results showed that the borderline personality trait score in girls attempting suicide was significantly higher than normal girls and girls who attempted suicide had a stronger borderline personality trait. In this regard, hopelessness and impulsivity were the biggest difference between girls who attempted suicide. Also, the score of alexithymia, especially difficulty in expressing feelings and narcissism, was higher in girls who attempted suicide than normal girls.