en روانپزشكي Psychiatry پژوهشي Original Research Article <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Objective:</strong> This cross-sectional study aimed to compare the retrieval of autobiographical memory and the problem solving of people with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and normal people.<br> <strong>Methods: </strong>The study population comprised all patients with BPD in Tehran. The study sample consisted of 15 patients with BPD, who referred to Hazrat-e-Rasool Hospital and 15 control group people, who were mostly hospital staff. All participants were asked to complete a demographic questionnaire, means-ends problem solving task, and autobiographical memory test. Data were analyzed by t test and Pearson correlation test.<br> <strong>Results:</strong> Based on the results, patients with BPD provided less effective solutions (P<0.001) and had more overgeneral memory style in autobiographical memory in response to pleasant, neutral (P<0.05), and unpleasant (P<0.01) cues.<br> <strong>Conclusion:</strong> More strategies should be provided to retrieve specific memories and provide effective problem solving for patients with BPD.</p> <p></p><p></p> Borderline personality disorder,Autobiographical memory,Interpersonal problem solving,Women 99 106 http://jpcp.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-352-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Ashraf Akbari Dehaghi اشرف اکبری دهقی akbarydehaghi@yahoo.com No Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. دانشگاه علوم بهزیستی و توانبخشی Shima Tamannaeifar شیما تمنایی فر sh-tamannaeifar@farabi.tums.ac.ir Yes Department of Clinical Psychology, Roozbeh Psychiatric Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران Aliasghar Asgharnejad Farid علی اصغرنژاد فرید asgharnejad.ali@gmail.com No Tehran Psychiatric Institute, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. دانشگاه علوم پزشکی ایران