This study set out to (1) investigate the social problem-solving ability of Chinese baccalaureate nursing students in Macao and (2) identify the association between communication skill, clinical interaction, interpersonal dysfunction, and social problem-solving ability.
Methods: Using data from the National Comorbidity Study, a series of logistic regressions, controlling for demographic variables, were conducted to examine the strength of the association between a major depressive disorder and interpersonal dysfunction (positive and negative interactions) in contrast to other psychiatric disorders.
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious mental disorder associated with severe emotional, behavioral, cognitive and interpersonal dysfunction, extensive functional impairment and frequent self-destructive behaviour, including deliberate self-harm and suicidal behaviour.
It is unclear how the tendency itself may contribute to psychopathology and interpersonal dysfunction.
Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that communication ability (ß = .305, p < .0001), clinical interaction (ß = .129, p = .047), and interpersonal dysfunction (ß = − .402, p < .0001) were associated with social problem-solving after controlling for covariates.
The study used the Chinese version of the Social Problem Solving Inventory short form (C-SPSI-R), Communication Ability Scale (CAS), Clinical Interactive Scale (CIS), and Interpersonal Dysfunction Checklist (IDC).
Our findings confirm prior theories of positivity deficits (Kashdan, Weeks, et al., 2011) and interpersonal dysfunction (Alden & Taylor, 2004) associated with social anxiety.
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is characterized by severe interpersonal dysfunction.
Interpersonal dysfunction is even evident in the early stages of the disorder, where affective dysregulation characterised by frustration and anger has been documented in interpersonal situations in adolescants with bipolar disorder [ 47].
Little is known about variables that explain the association between interpersonal stress and suicidal ideation.
