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  • Psychology
  • Psychiatry
  • Affective Science

Background:

  • Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is theorized to involve heightened affective reactivity.
  • Self-report studies indicate individuals with BPD experience more negative and less positive affect.
  • Implicit affectivity, reflecting intuitive processes, has not been extensively studied in BPD.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare implicit and explicit affectivity in women with BPD versus healthy controls.
  • To investigate the relationship between affectivity and comorbid disorders in BPD.

Main Methods:

  • Thirty-five women with BPD and 35 healthy women participated.
  • Implicit affectivity was assessed using the Implicit Positive and Negative Affect Test (IPANAT).
  • Explicit state and trait affectivity measures were also administered.

Main Results:

  • BPD women reported lower explicit positive affect and higher negative affect than controls.
  • BPD women exhibited lower implicit positive affect.
  • No significant difference in implicit negative affect was found between BPD patients and controls.

Conclusions:

  • BPD patients demonstrate reduced implicit and explicit positive affect compared to healthy individuals.
  • Findings suggest BPD is not characterized by an enhanced disposition for negative affective reactions.
  • Self-reported negative affectivity in BPD may be influenced by negative response biases.