Meaning in life among Norwegian outpatients with personality disorders: a cross-sectional study
Having a PD is associated with a severe detriment to the level of MIL. There is no apparent difference in mean MIL between the two most prevalent types of PDs in healthcare (borderline and avoidant PDs). However, the current findings indicate that severity results in different levels of MIL, thus lending support to the dimensional perspective of personality disorder.
Authors
- Geir Pedersen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8599-8871)
- Elfrida Hartveit Kvarstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9221-4249)
- Tatjana Schnell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7991-2242)
- Aryan Aghdami
Institutions
- Oslo University Hospital (NO)
- University of Oslo (NO)
- University of Agder (NO)
- MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society (NO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-10-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-025-07366-2
- Primary Topic
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Diakonhjemmet
- Haukeland Universitetssjukehus
- Akershus Universitetssykehus