Borderline personality disorder and emotional responding: a review of the research literature.
Although problems with emotional functioning are considered central to borderline personality disorder (BPD), it is only recently that studies have begun utilizing laboratory biobehavioral measures (including neuroimaging and psychophysiological measures) to examine emotional responding in BPD. The application of basic science methodologies used in a systematic program of research to investigate clinically relevant phenomena, often called translational research, holds much promise in advancing the assessment and treatment of BPD. In this paper, we begin with an overview of the research on self-reported emotional responding in BPD. Next, we outline the advantages that translational research has over traditional self-report methodology in furthering an understanding of emotional responding in BPD, and review the extant laboratory studies of emotional responding in BPD. Finally, problems commonly encountered when conducting translational research on emotion in BPD are outlined, and solutions to these problems are offered.
Rosenthal
M Zachary
MZ
Duke University Medical Center, United States. Electronic address: rosen025@mc.duke.edu.
Gratz
Kim L
KL
Center for Addictions, Personality, and Emotion Research and the University of Maryland, United States.
Kosson
David S
DS
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, United States.
Cheavens
Jennifer S
JS
Duke University Medical Center, United States.
Lejuez
C W
CW
Center for Addictions, Personality, and Emotion Research and the University of Maryland, United States.
Lynch
Thomas R
TR
Duke University and Duke University Medical Center, United States.
D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011603:Psychophysiology / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D012107:Research Design / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends