THE TENDENCY OF PERSONALITY DISORDER SCREENING IN EARLY ADULTHOOD

Abstract

Background: Personality disorder is often under-diagnosed in normal population. It is important to detect personality disorder through screening at an early stage.Purpose: This study was carried out to assess personality disorder risk among nursing student in educational setting.Methods: A descriptive quantitative study was adopted. The sampling technique used in this research was consecutive sampling. The Indonesian version of Personality Disorder Screening (PDS) questionnaire was distributed. Data were analyzed using descriptive and frequencies to describe the demographic characteristics and risk of personality disorder based on cluster. There were 546 nursing student in nursing educational setting. Of these, 49 met the criteria for the inclusion criteria.Results: The result showed that the majority of the participants were girls (86%), with age 20 years (60%). This study revealed that the most dominant of high risk personality disorder was narcissistic (57%) in Cluster B and the least dominant of high risk personality was avoidant (4%) in Cluster C.Conclusion: The results of this study provide important information for nursing school to prevent actual personality disorder among nursing student. These findings highlight the need for further research to determine the extent of personality disorder type and its influence in nursing school.Keywords: Nursing student; Personality disorder; Screening; Descriptive quantitative.