Investigate the relationship between femininity-masculinity tendency with antisocial, histrionic and paranoia personality disorders in adolescents girl

Abstract

Introduction: Adolescents are one of the most important and influential people in society and research on their psychological issues is important. Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between femininity-masculinity tendency with antisocial, histrionic and paranoia personality disorders in adolescents girl. Method: The method of this research is correlational. The study population included girl high school students in Kamyaran in the academic year of 2018-2019, 302 of them were selected as the research sample and answered the Michel Googlen Scales (1996) and the Millon-III scale (1977). Data analysis was performed using spss software version 23 and Pearson correlation and regression statistical methods. Results: The finding showed that there was a correlation between feminity and histrionic personality disorder with 0.26 (P<0.05) and paranoia personality disorder with 0.20 (P<0.05). Also, the tendency to feminity predicts antisocial, histrionic and paranoia personality disorders in a positive and meaningful way (F<3.965, P<0.05). According to the finding, there was a correlation between tendency to masculinity and social personality disorder with 0.22 (P<0.05) and histrionic personality disorder 0.19 (P<0.01). Also, the tendency to masculinity predicts antisocial, histrionic and paranoia personality disorders in a positive and meaningful way (F<3.910, P<0.05). Conclusion: According to the results of this study, it can be concluded that the tendency to femininity-masculinity predicts personality disorders in adolescent. Therefore, it is one of the important psychological factors in the field of personality disorders.