Publication Date
4-2020
Document Type
Article
Organizational Units
College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences, Psychology
Keywords
Emotion regulation, Borderline personality disorder (BPD), Anxiety disorder, Depressive disorder, Cognitive reappraisal
Abstract
Individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD) report using cognitive reappraisal less often than healthy individuals despite the long-term benefits of the emotion regulation strategy on emotional stability. Individuals with BPD, mixed anxiety and/or depressive disorders (MAD), and healthy controls (HC) completed an experimental task to investigate the tactics contained in cognitive reappraisal statements vocalized for high and low emotional intensity photographs. Self-reported effectiveness after using cognitive reappraisal to decrease negative emotions was also evaluated. Although BPD and MAD used a similar number of cognitive reappraisal tactics, they perceived themselves as less effective at reducing their negative emotions compared to HC. During cognitive reappraisal, BPD and MAD uttered fewer words versus HC, while BPD uttered fewer words versus MAD. Results suggest that individuals with BPD and MAD are less fluent and perceive themselves as less effective than HC when using cognitive reappraisal to lower negative emotions regardless of stimulus intensity.
Copyright Date
4-2020
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Rights Holder
The Guilford Press
Provenance
Received from author
File Format
application/pdf
Language
English (eng)
Extent
17 pgs
File Size
523 KB
Publication Statement
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Daros, A. R., Rodrigo, A. H., Norouzian, N., Darboh, B. S., McRae, K., & Ruocco, A. C. (2020). Cognitive reappraisal of negative emotional images in borderline personality disorder: Content analysis, perceived effectiveness, and diagnostic specificity. Journal of Personality Disorders, 34(2), 199-215. https://doi.org/10.1521/pedi_2018_32_390
Publication Title
Journal of Personality Disorders
Volume
34(2)
First Page
199
Last Page
215
ISSN
0885-579X
Recommended Citation
Daros, Alexander R.; Rodrigo, Achala H.; Norouzian, Nikoo; Darboh, Bri S.; McRae, Kateri; and Ruocco, Anthony C., "Cognitive Reappraisal of Negative Emotional Images in Borderline Personality Disorder: Content Analysis, Perceived Effectiveness, and Diagnostic Specificity" (2020). Psychology: Faculty Scholarship. 206.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/psychology_faculty/206
https://doi.org/10.1521/pedi_2018_32_390