Hypersensitivity or hyperreactivity? an experimental investigation in borderline personality disorder

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• dc.contributor.author Bortolla, Roberta
• dc.contributor.author Cavicchioli, Marco
• dc.contributor.author Soler, Joaquim
• dc.contributor.author Pascual, Juan C.
• dc.contributor.author Verschure, Paul F. M. J.
• dc.contributor.author Maffei, Cesare
• dc.date.accessioned 2021-03-18T08:42:25Z
• dc.date.available 2021-03-18T08:42:25Z
• dc.date.issued 2020
• dc.description.abstract Objective: Starting from the controversial results showed by empirical research on Linehan’s Biosocial model of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), this study aims to empirically evaluate Linehan’s conceptualization of emotional hypersensitivity and hyperreactivity, as well as to investigate the role of pre-existing emotional states in BPD altered physiological responsivity. Methods: We asked 24 participants (BPD = 12; Healthy Controls = 12) to complete a self-reported questionnaire (Positive and Negative Affect Schedule) in order to assess their pre-task affective state. Subsequently, 36 emotional pictures from four valence categories (i.e. erotic, negative, positive, neutral) were administered while assessing participants self-reported and electrodermal responses. Results: BPD patients showed higher levels of pre-task negative affectivity as well as an enhanced physiological response to neutral stimuli. No main BPD group effect was found for the physiological data. Moreover, pre-task negative affectivity levels were exclusively related to physiological responses among BPD subjects. Discussion: Our findings supported the hypersensitivity hypothesis operationalized as an enhanced responsiveness to non-emotional cues. Hyperreactivity assumption was not supported. Conversely, our study revealed heightened physiological responses in relation to pre-existent negative emotional states in BPD. We discussed our results in the context of the putative pathological processes underlying BPD.
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• dc.identifier.citation Bortolla R, Cavicchioli M, Soler Rivaldi J, Pascual Mateos JC, Verschure PFMJ, Maffei C. Hypersensitivity or hyperreactivity? an experimental investigation in borderline personality disorder. Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology. 2020 Apr 20; 8(1): [17p.]. DOI: 10.6092/2282-1619/mjcp-2297
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.6092/2282-1619/mjcp-2297
• dc.identifier.issn 2282-1619
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/46828
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher University of Messina
• dc.relation.ispartof Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology. 2020 Apr 20; 8(1): [17p.]
• dc.rights © 2020 by the Author(s); licensee Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, Messina, Italy. This article is an open access article, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported License. Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol. 8, No. 1 (2020). International License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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• dc.subject.keyword Borderline Personality Disorder
• dc.subject.keyword Biosocial model
• dc.subject.keyword Hyperreactivity
• dc.subject.keyword Hypersensitivity
• dc.subject.keyword Negative affectivity
• dc.subject.keyword Physiology
• dc.title Hypersensitivity or hyperreactivity? an experimental investigation in borderline personality disorder
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