Jacob Gitta A, Guenzler Cindy, Zimmermann Sabine, Scheel Corinna N, Rüsch Nicolas, Leonhart Rainer, Nerb Josef, Lieb Klaus
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Freiburg, Hauptstrasse 5, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany.
J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry. 2008 Sep;39(3):391-402. doi: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2007.10.009. Epub 2007 Nov 24.
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is characterized by emotional dysregulation including strong emotional reactions to emotional stimuli and a slow return to baseline emotions. Difficulties controlling anger are particularly prominent in BPD. To experimentally test emotional dysregulation with a special focus on anger, we investigated whether a standardized anger induction by a short story caused stronger and prolonged anger reactions in women with BPD (n=27) as compared to female healthy controls (n=26) and whether other emotions were affected by the anger induction. Although the anger reaction was not stronger in the BPD group, it was significantly prolonged. The BPD group showed also stronger negative emotions over the whole experiment. The study is the first to demonstrate prolonged anger reactions in BPD patients in an experimental setting.
边缘型人格障碍（BPD）的特征是情绪失调，包括对情绪刺激产生强烈的情绪反应以及情绪缓慢恢复到基线水平。在BPD中，控制愤怒的困难尤为突出。为了通过实验测试情绪失调，特别关注愤怒，我们调查了与健康女性对照组（n = 26）相比，一篇短篇小说引发的标准化愤怒诱导是否会在患有BPD的女性（n = 27）中引起更强烈和持久的愤怒反应，以及愤怒诱导是否会影响其他情绪。虽然BPD组的愤怒反应并不更强，但明显更持久。在整个实验过程中，BPD组也表现出更强烈的负面情绪。该研究首次在实验环境中证明了BPD患者存在持久的愤怒反应。
