Yen Shirley, Zlotnick Caron, Costello Ellen
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University Medical School, 700 Butler Drive, Providence, Rhode Island 02906, USA.
J Nerv Ment Dis. 2002 Oct;190(10):693-6. doi: 10.1097/00005053-200210000-00006.
Affect dysregulation is considered a defining feature of borderline personality disorder (BPD). In spite of this, there is a dearth of empirical research that examines affect regulation among persons with BPD. The present study examined the relationship between specific dimensions of affect regulation and borderline traits in a sample of 39 patients. Participants were administered the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-Revised to assess the degree of borderline traits and the Affect Intensity Measure and Affect Control Scale to assess dimensions of affect regulation, selected based on the biosocial theory of BPD. Results from hierarchical regression analyses indicated that level of affect intensity and affect control were significantly associated with number of BPD traits, even after controlling for level of depression. Findings for affect control remained significant even after controlling for affect intensity. These results, consistent with biosocial theory of BPD, suggest that persons with BPD experience emotions more intensely and have greater difficulty in controlling their affective responses.
情感失调被认为是边缘型人格障碍（BPD）的一个决定性特征。尽管如此，缺乏实证研究来考察BPD患者的情感调节情况。本研究在39名患者样本中考察了情感调节的特定维度与边缘型特质之间的关系。参与者接受了修订版人格诊断问卷以评估边缘型特质的程度，并接受了情感强度量表和情感控制量表以评估情感调节维度，这些维度是根据BPD的生物社会理论选择的。分层回归分析结果表明，即使在控制了抑郁水平之后，情感强度水平和情感控制与BPD特质的数量仍显著相关。即使在控制了情感强度之后，情感控制的结果仍然显著。这些结果与BPD的生物社会理论一致，表明BPD患者体验情绪更为强烈，并且在控制其情感反应方面有更大困难。
