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Emotion dysregulation, impulsivity and personality disorder traits
- Source :
- Psychiatry Research, 266, 186-192. Elsevier Ireland Ltd
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- The present study was designed to test an emotion regulation framework to understand individual differences in personality disorder (PD) traits in a non-clinical sample. Specifically, we tested whether: selected dimensions of emotion dysregulation were differentially related to PD traits; and whether emotion dysregulation and impulsivity had independent associations with PD traits. A community sample of 399 individuals (mean age = 37.91; 56.6% males) completed self-report measures of PDs, emotion dysregulation and impulsivity. Emotion dysregulation facets and impulsivity had uniform bivariate associations with PD traits, but also evidenced unique associations in multiple regression analyses. Nonacceptance of emotional responses was the emotion dysregulation dimension underlying a wide array of PD. A limited repertoire of effective emotion regulation strategies was characteristic of cluster C PD, whereas emotional unawareness distinctly predicted schizoid PD. Antisocial PD traits were uniquely related to difficulties controlling impulsive behavior when upset. Finally, histrionic, narcissistic, and obsessive-compulsive PD were related to better self-reported emotion regulation. Impulsivity further explained a significant amount of variance in schizotypal, antisocial, borderline (positively), and obsessive-compulsive PD traits (negatively). If replicated in clinical samples, our findings will support the usefulness of targeting both emotional dysregulation and impulsivity in PDs psychotherapy.
- Subjects :
- Male
050103 clinical psychology
SYMPTOMS
Compulsive Personality Disorder
Emotions
0302 clinical medicine
Alexithymia
Emotion regulation
Emotion regulation strategies
Emotional nonacceptance
Negative urgency
Personality
Psychiatry and Mental Health
Biological Psychiatry
media_common
BORDERLINE
05 social sciences
ITALIAN VERSION
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Middle Aged
Psychiatry and Mental health
Italy
Female
Independent Living
Biological psychiatry
medicine.symptom
Psychology
Clinical psychology
Adult
media_common.quotation_subject
Impulsivity
Personality Disorders
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
emotion regulation strategies
emotional nonacceptance
negative urgency
personality
adult
antisocial personality disorder
compulsive personality disorder
emotions
female
humans
impulsive behavior
independent living
male
middle aged
personality disorders
self report
young adult
medicine
Humans
NONCLINICAL SUBJECTS
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Antisocial personality disorder
medicine.disease
Emotional dysregulation
REGULATION SCALE
Personality disorders
ALEXITHYMIA
030227 psychiatry
AGGRESSIVENESS
Impulsive Behavior
Self Report
DIFFICULTIES
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01651781
- Volume :
- 266
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Psychiatry Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4c1d53b825543899a9be1be7030fe151