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- Title
Attentional Tendencies That Impact Emotion Regulation Success Within a Borderline Personality Disorder Framework.
- Authors
Horner, Cheyene K.; Allard, Eric S.
- Abstract
Emotion regulation difficulties are key to borderline personality disorder (BPD) symptomatology. Literature indicates that attentional distraction, particularly within an interpersonal context, is common in BPD. Conversely, reappraisal tactics are less prevalent. The goal of the current study was to examine whether this discrepancy is observed when individuals reporting varying levels of BPD tendencies are given the choice of a preferred emotion regulation tactic when confronted with BPD-relevant stressors. Attentional engagement patterns, affective responses, and strategy success were also examined. Participants (N = 103) reported BPD tendencies as assessed by the Personality Assessment Inventory and were instructed to choose either to "distract" or to "reappraise" in response to affective images. Results revealed more instances of failing to implement distraction among individuals with higher BPD tendencies, which was also reflected in greater fixation biases to distressing content within those images. Results are discussed in terms of the malleability of emotion regulation in BPD contexts.
- Subjects
TREATMENT of borderline personality disorder; SELF-control; DISTRACTION; ATTENTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; EMOTION regulation; SUCCESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; REFLECTION (Philosophy)
- Publication
Journal of Personality Disorders, 2021, Vol 35, Issue 6, p936
- ISSN
0885-579X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1521/pedi_2021_35_527