Experiential Avoidance and Emotion Regulation in Borderline Personality Disorder

Chapman, Alexander L.; Dixon‐Gordon, Katherine L.; Walters, Kristy N.

doi:10.1007/s10942-011-0124-6

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“…In particular, drinking alcohol predicted symptoms of social anxiety, eating disorders, Downloaded by [University of Otago] at 16:52 26 December 2014 COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY and borderline personality. In addition, consistent with research on the role of avoidance in maintaining borderline person ality disorder symptoms (see Chapman, Dixon-Gordon, & Walters, 2011), situational avoidance was positively associated with these symptoms. Furthermore, our findings also lend support for an emotion regulation role of interpersonal processes (e.g., Marroquı´n, 2011).…”

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Broadening the Scope of Research on Emotion Regulation Strategies and Psychopathology

Aldao

Dixon‐Gordon

2013

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

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Despite the increasing interest in the study of emotion regulation strategies and psychopathology, researchers have predominantly focused on covert emotion regulation strategies-that is, those strategies that occur within the individual (e.g., cognitive reappraisal, suppression). Conversely, less attention has been devoted to the examination of the relationship between psychopathology and overt emotion regulation strategies (e.g., drinking alcohol, seeking advice). This has resulted in a limited understanding of the complex repertoire of emotion regulation strategies that individuals possess, and how patterns in the use of strategies might relate to psychopathology. We asked 218 undergraduates to report on their habitual use of 15 covert and overt emotion regulation strategies and symptoms of seven different mental disorders. Overt strategies were associated with symptoms and, at times, they predicted psychopathology above and beyond the more frequently studied covert strategies. These findings have implications for developing a more sophisticated understanding of patterns of adaptive and maladaptive emotion regulation.

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confidence: 84%

Broadening the Scope of Research on Emotion Regulation Strategies and Psychopathology

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Dixon‐Gordon

2013

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

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“…The longitudinal impact of experimentally induced suppression strategies also should be studied. Overall the present results suggest that it is premature to conclude, as some have (Evans et al, 2013), that reports of feeling less distressed by BPD patients during suppression indicate positive benefits for suppression over the long run (Chapman, Dixon-Gordon, & Walters, 2011).…”

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Suppression, Acceptance, and Monitoring of Personally-Relevant Unwanted Thoughts in Women Diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder

Pistorello

Hayes

Costello

et al. 2015

Journal of Experimental Psychopathology

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Recent evidence suggests that patients with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) experience less immediate distress while suppressing unwanted thoughts, despite the negative long-term outcomes of that strategy longitudinally and in treatment settings. The present study investigated the impact of 8-minute audiotaped suppression/thought control, acceptance, and monitoring instructions on moderately distressing and personally relevant thoughts in women (N = 51; 17 per condition) diagnosed with BPD. Strategies were applied in a 5-minute think-aloud period, followed by a similar period without the strategy, and then a wind-down task. Those in the suppression condition reported less subjective distress throughout but showed evidence of attempts at distraction through increased talking in the second period. Participants in the suppression group with higher experiential avoidance showed more thought intrusions during the main task period and lower positive affect during the winddown task than those in other conditions. Suppression appears to produce some negative outcomes in this population despite resulting in less self-reported distress.

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“…BPD has been linked to maladaptive cognitive strategies such as rumination [61, 62] and thought suppression [63, 64], which often increase, instead of decrease, negative affect. Research also suggests that BPD is associated with experiential avoidance, defined as behavior engaged in to escape an unwanted experience, such as negative affect [65, 66]. Two types of behaviors that are common in BPD are impulsive and suicidal and self-injurious behaviors.…”

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Components of Emotion Dysregulation in Borderline Personality Disorder: A Review

Carpenter

Trull

2012

Curr Psychiatry Rep

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Following Linehan’s biosocial model, we conceptualize emotion dysregulation in borderline personality disorder (BPD) as consisting of four components: emotion sensitivity, heightened and labile negative affect, a deficit of appropriate regulation strategies, and a surplus of maladaptive regulation strategies. We review the evidence supporting each of these components. Given the complexity of the construct of emotion dysregulation and its involvement in many disorders, there is a need for research that specifies which components of emotion dysregulation are under study and also examines the interplay amongst these emotion dysregulation components.

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Experiential Avoidance and Emotion Regulation in Borderline Personality Disorder

Cited by 64 publications

References 70 publications

Broadening the Scope of Research on Emotion Regulation Strategies and Psychopathology

Broadening the Scope of Research on Emotion Regulation Strategies and Psychopathology

Suppression, Acceptance, and Monitoring of Personally-Relevant Unwanted Thoughts in Women Diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder

Components of Emotion Dysregulation in Borderline Personality Disorder: A Review

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