Characterizing Emotional Dysfunction in Borderline Personality, Major Depression, and their Co-occurrence

This research aimed to characterize patterns of emotional reactivity and dysregulation in borderline personality, depression, and their co-occurrence. In Study 1, 488 young adult women from the community were categorized into four groups based on self-reported major depressive disorder (MDD) and borderline personality disorder (BPD) symptoms (Low BPD/Low MDD; Low BPD/High MDD; High BPD/Low MDD; High BPD/High MDD). Immediate and prolonged subjective emotional reactivity to a laboratory stressor were assessed, and participants completed self-report and behavioral measures of emotion dysregulation.

Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - July 23, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Katherine L. Dixon-Gordon, Nicole H. Weiss, Matthew T. Tull, David DiLillo, Terri Messman-Moore, Kim L. Gratz Source Type: research