en روانشناسی Psychology Original Article <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><b><span style="line-height:115%">Background: </span></b><span style="line-height:115%">Personality disorder is a type of mental disorder in which a rigid and unhealthy pattern of thinking, functioning, and behaving may be seen. A person with a personality disorder has trouble perceiving and relating to situations and people. Limited research has been done on the prevalence of personality disorders in Iran. This study aims at investigating the prevalence of personality disorders among males and females between the ages 15 and 65 in Yazd, Iran. </span></span></span><br> <span style="line-height:115%"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><b><span style="line-height:115%">Methods: </span></b><span style="line-height:115%">The dataset for this cross-sectional study was extracted from a dataset of a national survey conducted on personality disorders of Iranians. The contents relevant to Yazd City were included here with a sample of 1827 people. Among the participants, 852 males and 975 females answered the personality disorders questionnaire (MILON). </span></span></span><br> <span style="line-height:115%"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><b><span style="line-height:115%">Results: </span></b><span style="line-height:115%">Findings indicated that except histrionic and narcissistic patterns, the high rate of the rest of patterns was greater among females, which indicated that in most cases females significantly suffered higher clinical-related personality disorders. Moreover, personality disorders were more prevalent among females (29.8) compared to males (24.3).</span></span></span><br> <span style="line-height:115%"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><b><span style="line-height:115%">Conclusion: </span></b><span style="line-height:115%">This area requires extensive investigation. More evidence is needed regarding the differential impact of personality disorders regarding men and women in other areas of Iran. </span></span></span></span></span><br> <br> &nbsp;</p> Prevalence, Personality Disorders, Personality Tests, Iran 1107 1117 http://sbrh.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-98-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Nastaran Ahmadi Ahmadi.psy@gmail.com 0000-0001-9885-0326 No Cardiovascular Research Center, Non-communicable Diseases Research Institute, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran Parvaneh Rashidpour parvanerashidpour@gmail.com 0000-0002-1341-6000 No Department of psychiatry, Reserch center of addiction and behavioral sciences,Shahid Sadoughi, University of medical sciences,Yazd,Iran. Mohammadreza Mohammadi mohammadimr@tums.ac.ir 0000-0002-7061-5938 No Psychiatry and Psychology Research Center, Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Javad Aardeshirpay javadardeshirpay@yahoo.com 0000-0001-5862-0753 No Faculty of Education and Psychology, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran Hosein Abouzari Hosein.abouzari@gmail.com 0000-0002-2377-0062 No Department of psychiatry, Reserch center of addiction and behavioral sciences,Shahid Sadoughi, University of medical sciences,Yazd,Iran. Masoud Mirzaei mirzaeim@mailfa.com 0000-0001-6455-0747 No Yazd Cardiovascular Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. Amir Houshang Mehrparvar ah.mehrparvar@gmail.com 0000-0002-7319-3750 No Department of Occupational Medicine, School of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. Fatemeh Rismanian Yazdi rismaniangoly@yahoo.com 0000-0003-4420-6505 No Faculty of Education and Psychology, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran Mohammadhadi Farahzadi h.farahzadi@ssu.ac.ir 0000-0003-1905-6891 Yes Department of psychiatry, Research Center of Addiction and Behavioral Sciences, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences,Yazd,Iran