title: A Comparison of Self-Reported Emotional Regulation Skills in Adults With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder.
abstract: Objective:Emotion dysregulation has been described as a central feature of both borderline personality disorder (BPD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The current study aims to compare emotion regulation among ADHD, BPD, and healthy controls (HC).Method:Eighty adults with ADHD, 55 with BPD, and 55 HC completed self-report assessments of ADHD and BPD symptoms, psychosocial functioning, and emotion regulation skills. Principal components analysis (PCA) was conducted on the emotion regulation items, followed by multivariate analyses of group differences in emotion regulation.Results:PCA yielded four components: "Being Aware of Emotions," "Making Sense of Emotions," "Modifying and Accepting Emotions," and "Confronting Emotions With Self-Encouragement." The last component best distinguished the two patient groups from the HC. No differences were found between adults with ADHD and BPD.Conclusion:Adults with ADHD and BPD report comparable difficulties in encouraging oneself to attend inner aversive experiences, without engaging in impulsive behavior.
authors.affiliation: 1 Translational Research Center, University Hopsital of Psychiatry and psychotherapy, University of Bern, Switzerland.|2 Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health & Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Marialuisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cavelti
authors.affiliation: 3 University of Basel Psychiatric Clinics, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Corbisiero
authors.affiliation: 3 University of Basel Psychiatric Clinics, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Hannes
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bitto
authors.affiliation: 3 University of Basel Psychiatric Clinics, Switzerland.|4 Department of Psychology, Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Beatrice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Moerstedt
authors.affiliation: 3 University of Basel Psychiatric Clinics, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Newark
authors.affiliation: 3 University of Basel Psychiatric Clinics, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Sylvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Faschina
authors.affiliation: 2 Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health & Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chanen
authors.affiliation: 1 Translational Research Center, University Hopsital of Psychiatry and psychotherapy, University of Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Franz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Moggi
authors.affiliation: 3 University of Basel Psychiatric Clinics, Switzerland.|4 Department of Psychology, Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Rolf-Dieter
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Stieglitz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder; D000080103:Emotional Regulation; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior; D057566:Self Report
keywords: ADHD; borderline personality disorder; emotional dysregulation; experiential avoidance; psychiatry