TY - JOUR ID - 156232 TI - A Comparison of Problem Solving, Working Memory, and Selective Attention Executive Functions in Patients with Bipolar II Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, and Non-clinical Samples JO - International Journal of Behavioral Sciences JA - IJBS LA - en SN - 2322-1194 AU - Sabbah, Ayyub AU - Mottaghi, Shekoofeh AU - Moradi, Afsaneh AU - Bahrami, Mahboobe AD - Department of Counseling, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ardakan University, Ardakan, Iran AD - Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ardakan University, Ardakan, Iran AD - Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Persian Gulf University, Boushehr, Iran AD - Department of Psychiatry, Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran Y1 - 2022 PY - 2022 VL - 16 IS - 2 SP - 118 EP - 124 KW - Bipolar II Disorder KW - borderline personality disorder KW - Executive Functions DO - 10.30491/ijbs.2022.339371.1794 N2 - Introduction: The distinction between Bipolar II Disorder (BD-II) and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) due to symptom overlap has always been a challenging issue among psychiatrists. In the present study, problem-solving functions, working memory and selective attention were compared in BD-II patients, BPD and non-clinical samples to distinguish the two disorders. Method: For this purpose, 30 BD-II patients, 30 BPD and 30 non-clinical sample were selected by convenience sampling method. They were evaluated using Executive Function (EFs) tests. Data were analyzed using analysis of variance and Tukey's post hoc test. Results: Except for selective attention, which was not significantly different in BD-II patients compared to the non-clinical group (P>0/05); BD-II patients and BPD in all EFs had significantly lower performance than the non-clinical group (P<0/01, P<0/05). Problem solving ability was significantly lower in BD-II patients than in BPD patients (P<0/05). There was no significant difference between the two patient groups in working memory and selective attention (P>0/05). Conclusion: These findings, provides evidence of differences in some of the EFs in BD-II patients and BPD; which may be related to different impulsivity in these two disorders. Therefore, conducting research in other dimensions of EFs is recommended to distinguish between these two disorders. UR - https://www.behavsci.ir/article_156232.html L1 - https://www.behavsci.ir/article_156232_8ef08d539b4eb4353586d605e58ecada.pdf ER -