ArticleBorderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation2017
Specificity of emotion sequences in borderline personality disorder compared to posttraumatic stress disorder, bulimia nervosa, and healthy controls: an e-diary study.
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- Disgust and Self-Disgust in Eating Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- Prevalence of Eating Disorders in People With Borderline Personality Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Clinical psychology & psychotherapyPooled it
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- Transdiagnostic Associations With Interpersonal and Affective Variability in Borderline Personality Pathology.Journal of personality disorders · 2022Article
- A Day in the Life of Borderline Personality Disorder: A Preliminary Analysis of Within-Day Emotion Generation and Regulation.Journal of psychopathology and behavioral assessment · 2020Article
- Self-esteem instability and affective instability in everyday life after remission from borderline personality disorder.Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation · 2020Article
- Ambulatory Assessment of Psychological and Physiological Stress on Workdays and Free Days Among Teachers. A Preliminary Study.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2020Article
- From Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) to Ecological Momentary Intervention (EMI): Past and Future Directions for Ambulatory Assessment and Interventions in Eating Disorders.Current psychiatry reports · 2019Review
- Impact of comorbid borderline personality disorder on inpatient treatment for bulimia nervosa: analysis of routine data.Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation · 2019Article
- Steps Toward an Integrative Clinical Systems Psychology.Frontiers in psychology · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundPatients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) exhibit dysregulated emotion sequences in daily life compared to healthy controls (HC). Empirical evidence regarding the specificity of these findings is currently lacking.
methodsTo replicate dysregulated emotion sequences in patients with BPD and to investigate the specificity of the sequences, we used e-diaries of 43 female patients with BPD, 28 patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), 20 patients with bulimia nervosa (BN), and 28 HC. To capture the rapid dynamics of emotions, we prompted participants every 15 min over a 24-h period to assess their current perceived emotions. We analyzed group differences in terms of activation, persistence, switches, and down-regulation of emotion sequences.
resultsBy comparing patients with BPD to HC, we replicated five of the seven previously reported dysregulated emotion sequences, as well as 111 out of 113 unaltered sequences. However, none of the previously reported dysregulated emotion sequences exhibited specificity, i.e., none revealed higher frequencies compared to the PTSD group or the BN group. Beyond these findings, we revealed a specific finding for patients with BN, as they most frequently switched from anger to disgust.
conclusionsReplicating previously found dysregulated and unaltered emotional sequences strengthens the significance of emotion sequences. However, the lack of specificity points to emotion sequences as transdiagnostic features.
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