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Comparisonal investigation of Rap personality disorder in youngsters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

A. Khanmohammadi Otaghsara*
Affiliation:
Islamic Azad University-Ayatollah Amoli Branch, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

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Introduction & objectives

Personality disorder, formerly referred to as a Character Disorder, is a class of mental disorders characterized by rigid and on-going patterns of feeling, thinking, and behavior. The underlying belief systems informing these patterns are referred to as fixed fantasies or “dysfunctional schemata” (Cognitive modules). The inflexibility and pervasiveness of these behavioral patterns often cause serious personal and social difficulties, as well as a general functional impairment. So the study examined a new view in personality and mental disorders named “Rap” disorder. In the domain we compare the youngster with and without disorder. The Rap disorder people are known with unusual hair model, nihilistic and anarchistic thinking, unusual and bizarre behavior, reading of meaningfulness poet and sings, doing immoral behavior against society norms and so on.

Methods

Method research is Causative - Comparative (Ex post facto). 200 youngster, 100 with the disorder and 100 without the disorder, were randomly selected and Eysenc's Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) was administered on them.

Results

Findings showed the Rap youngster are high in extroversion and emotional instability than normal youngster.

Conclusions

It is recommended that the appropriate behavior education specially moral and religious education can avoid tendency to this behavior disorder and reduce the bad effects of the behavior in society.

Type
P02-432
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2011
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