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  • Psychiatry
  • Clinical Psychology

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  • Affect regulation and coping mechanisms in borderline personality disorder (BPD) are not well understood.
  • Methodological limitations of self-report questionnaires necessitate alternative assessment methods.
  • Comparing BPD coping strategies to those of bipolar disorder (BD) and healthy controls is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate and compare the coping profiles of patients with BPD, BD, and healthy controls.
  • To identify specific affect regulation and coping skill deficits in BPD.
  • To explore the relationship between coping processes and BPD symptomatology.

Main Methods:

  • An exploratory study involving N=25 BPD patients, N=25 BD patients, and N=25 healthy controls.
  • Utilized a clinical interview transcribed and rated using the Coping Patterns observer-rater system.
  • Employed a non-structured interview frame for reliable assessment of coping strategies.

Main Results:

  • BPD patients differed from healthy controls across all coping domains: competence, resources, and autonomy.
  • A specific deficit in autonomy-related coping skills was observed in BPD patients compared to BD patients.
  • Coping processes were significantly associated with general and BPD-specific symptom severity.

Conclusions:

  • Coping can be reliably assessed through narrative interviews.
  • BPD is characterized by a distinct lack of affect regulation skills related to autonomy, differentiating it from BD and healthy controls.
  • Deficits in accommodating distressing emotions in BPD are linked to symptom severity and may be addressed with radical acceptance.