Positive and Negative Emotion Vulnerability Following a Positive Mood Induction in the Context of Borderline Personality Disorder
Year: 2015
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Studies to date have demonstrated that greater borderline personality disorder (BPD) symptom severity is related to greater negative emotional experience, and that depression, trait negative affect, and difficulties regulating emotion each play a role in this relationship. Additional research is necessary, however, to determine if positive emotional experience may be similarly affected by BPD features. In the current study, data was collected from 120 undergraduate students pertaining to baseline intensity, reactivity, and post-induction stability for both positive and negative emotion in the context of three discrete positive mood inductions. Measures of BPD and depression symptom severity, trait negative affect, and maladaptive emotion regulation were administered at baseline. It was found that greater BPD symptom severity predicted greater concurrent negative reactivity and less positive emotion decay at 3-minute follow-up. These findings may portend to intervention strategies designed to foster healthier positive emotional experience for those with BPD.
Source: TSpace (University of Toronto)
Author: Gregory E. Williams
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Wilfrid Laurier University
OpenAlex ID: W2563127537