Toward a new model of borderline personality disorder: a psychophysiological approach on the link between emotional and behavioural dysregulation
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is one of the most studied personality disorders, given its prevalence and the severity of its symptoms. In the last years, several models of the disorder were presented, however, no one of this theoretical conceptualization is completely supported by the litera...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis doctoral |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | CBUC, CESCA |
| Repositorio: | TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/691494 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10803/691494 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Borderline personality disorder Emotion Psychophysiology Executive functioning Eye-tracking Mindfulness 004 616.89 |
| Sumario: | Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is one of the most studied personality disorders, given its prevalence and the severity of its symptoms. In the last years, several models of the disorder were presented, however, no one of this theoretical conceptualization is completely supported by the literature. This thesis aims to present an evidence-based alternative model of the disorder. A central core in BPD pathology is related to the connection between emotional and behavioural dysregulations that characterize these subjects. Emotional dysregulation processes in BPD subjects seem to be elicited by specific difficulties in difficulties in neuroception -the unconscious perception of dangers and threats present in the subject's surroundings- rather than being generally triggered. This could be due to differences in analyzing social contexts given by attentional and cognitive biases and to the ruminative states caused by the difficulties reported in the social environment. The studies presented in this dissertation analyze the effect of negative affective states on executive performance, emotional response, and attentional biases, in response to socio-emotional cues, and the efficacy of a mindfulness exercise in reducing negative affective states. Self-reported, behavioural, physiological, and eye-tracking data were collected and analyzed during the tasks. Finally, starting from the results obtained in these studies, and the data presented in the literature a model of BPD emotional functioning will be presented. |
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