Emotional Processing in Individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder and with Major Depressive Disorder

Authors

  • Jacqueline La Rosa de Mesquita Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Adriane Xavier Arteche Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/ctc.2020.133.02

Abstract

In the field of mental health, deficiencies in emotional processing have been evidenced in several psychopathologies. This quantitative study with a quasi-experimental design, aimed to investigate the Emotional Processing (Recognition of emotional facial expressions and Emotional Deregulation) in a sample of individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD, n = 13) and with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD, n = 20). A Face Recognition Task was developed specifically for this investigation. The task consisted of the presentation of 20 videos, of 5 seconds, with dynamic faces of the emotions Joy, Anger, Fear, Sadness and Neutral Faces. The hypotheses were partially confirmed. Regarding face recognition, in the reaction time, the TPB group showed a longer reaction time for neutral faces with (p=0,014). No statistically significant differences were found regarding accuracy. The results also point out that individuals with BPD have greater Emotional Deregulation, measured by self-report using the Emotional Regulation Difficulty Scale (DERS), than the MDD group. Emotional deregulation in the DERS subscales showed a significant difference between groups pointing to greater Emotional Deregulation of the BPD, in the subscales: Impulses (p = 0.001), Strategies (p = 0.0009) and Clarity (p =0.0005).

Author Biographies

Jacqueline La Rosa de Mesquita, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

Especialista em Psicologia Clínica, Pós-Graduação em Terapia Cognitivo Comportamental, mestranda no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia -Área de Concentração Cognição Humana, na Pontifícia Universidade católica do Rio Grande do Sul. Graduação em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.

Adriane Xavier Arteche, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

Possui Pós Doutorado na Goldsmiths College/Londres, Doutorado e Mestrado pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul e Graduação em Psicologia  pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul. Atualmente é professora do Programa de Pós-Graduação da PUCRS - Área de Concentração Cognição Humana e pesquisadora associada da University of Oxford e da University of Reading.

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Published

2021-03-15

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 3 (2020): Set-Dez

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