Abstract:
The current research investigated the relationship of Psychological distress, Borderline
personality features and cognitive emotion regulation among Medical students. Formulated
hypothesis are following .(1) Borderline personality features would be predict Psychological
distress among medical students.(2) Cognitive emotion regulation (Self blame, Rumination ,
catastrophizing and others blame) would predict psychological distress among Medical student (3)
There would be a gender differences in the variable of borderline personality features among
Medical students. The research method was correlational research design. Sample of medical
students was selected by purposive sampling technique. The sample size was 210 MBBS students
which were currently enrolled in the degree with age range of 18-30 years old. Data was collected
from medical students by using psychometric scales which were psychological distress scale
(Khald,2020) used to measure psychological distress , Borderline personality Disorder scale
(Bano,2020) used to measure Borderline personality features and cognitive emotion regulation
questionnaire (Garnefski, Kraaij & Spinhoven, 2001) used to measure cognitive and emotion
regulation coping skills among medical students. Data was Analyzed on SPSS 26 Version through
Descriptive statistics, Reliability analysis, Linear Regression analysis, and t-test. Outcomes of that
study of simple Linear regression analysis revealed that Borderline personality (F=234.8, df=
1,208, p<.01) significantly predict psychological distress among medical students. It was also
revealed that cognitive emotion regulation maladaptive strategies in which self blame,
Rumination, catastrophizing and others blame was significantly (F= 63.6, df= 1,208, F=79.4,
df=1,208, F=65.4, df=1,208, F=31.7, df=1,208, p< .01) positively predicts psychological distress
among medical students.It was also indicated that Independent sample t-test revealed that there
was significantly gender differences on the variable of borderline personality features, Female
(M=81.84, SD= 2408, p< .05) significantly greater Borderline personality features than Male ( M=
76.30, SD= 19.92, p<.05).
Keywords: Psychological Distress, Borderline Personality features, Cognitive Emotion
Regulation, Medical Students
