The relationship between emotions, social problem solving, and borderline personality features
Year: 2008
Type: dissertation
Abstract: People suffering from borderline personality disorder (BPD) demonstrate poor social problem-solving (SPS) performance.There is an absence of research, however, examining mechanisms driving SPS deficits among persons with BPD.In the present study, SPS performance of undergraduates with High (n = 26), Mid (n = 32), or Low (n = 29) levels of BPD features was assessed at baseline with the Social Problem Solving Inventory-Revised (SPSI-R), and using the means-ends problem-solving (MEPS) procedure before and after a negative emotion induction.The High-BPD group demonstrated SPS deficits at baseline on the SPSI-R, and a larger decrement in relevant means on the MEPS following the negative emotion induction, compared with the Low-BPD group.Increases in self-reported negative emotions during the emotion induction partially mediated the relationship between BPD features and change in SPS performance.These findings suggest that the SPS difficulties associated with BPD may be partly attributable to the intensity of negative emotions experienced by persons with heightened BPD features.
Source: Summit (Simon Fraser University)
Author: Katherine L. Dixon‐Gordon
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W153241429