title: Emotion processing in borderline personality disorders.
abstract: This study examined relationships between the ability to recognize facial affect and affective intensity in women with Borderline Personality Disorder. Women hospitalized with borderline personality disorder and community women without psychiatric disorder (n s = 35/group) were recruited via convenience sampling. The Pictures of Facial Affect and the Affect Intensity Measure were administered to consenting women. Hypotheses related to differences in recognizing facial affect were supported, but further exploration indicated that selected negative emotions accounted for the statistical significance. Implications for practice and research are explored.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402-6170, USA.
authors.forename: Ann R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Bland
authors.forename: Carol A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Scharer
authors.forename: Shari
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Manning
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D004644:Emotions; D005149:Facial Expression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008875:Middle Aged; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012016:Reference Values