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The present study aimed to explore the efficacy of schema therapy for young adults with features of borderline personality. It was hypothesized that features of borderline personality of participants would significantly reduce in posttest followed by schema therapy sessions. The participants of this study comprised of 9 young adult female (Age M=23.44; SD=2.12) from Karachi, Pakistan who were approached through a purposive convenient sampling technique. In a prepost experimental design the participants were selected after their screening with the help of Borderline Symptom List-95 (BSL-95; Bohus et al., 2007). Twelve individual schema therapy-based sessions (adaptation of The Schema Therapy: Clinician's Guide [Farrell, Reiss & Shaw, 2014]) were conducted. Features of borderline personality of the participants were once again assessed in posttest with the same tool. The statistical analysis of pretest and posttest scores showed a significant decrease in features of borderline personality of the participants. Therefore, the results of the study put forth schema therapy as a promising therapeutic modality for enhancing mental health of individuals with borderline personality features. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present research aimed to investigate the effectiveness of schema therapy on maladaptive schema modes of young adults with borderline personality features. It included 17 female participants from Karachi who were screened for borderline personality features through Borderline Symptom List-95 (Bohus et al., 2005). Experimental group had 9 and wait-list control group had 8 participants. It was hypothesized that experimental group participants' innate child modes (vulnerable, angry, impulsive) and dysfunctional parent modes (punitive, demanding) would differ significantly from wait-list control group after receiving 12 individual schema therapy sessions. To assess their modes, Schema Mode Inventory-1st Edition (Young et al., 2014) was administered at pretest and posttest. The results showed that experimental group's maladaptive modes significantly reduced and differed from wait-list control group in post-test, except for punitive parent mode. Additional results and implications are also mentioned. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]