Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Maastricht University, The Netherlands.
J Pers Disord. 2013 Aug;27(4):442-56. doi: 10.1521/pedi_2013_27_096. Epub 2013 Apr 15.
Individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD) fear abandonment and exhibit instability in their close relationships. These interpersonal difficulties may be influenced by the propensity to interpret neutral social stimuli (e.g., nonemotional faces) as untrustworthy. This study evaluated the hypothesis that BPD features are associated with attributions of untrustworthiness to neutral faces. Additionally, the authors hypothesized that the trait of rejection sensitivity (RS) is also associated with BPD features and mediates the relationship between BPD features and untrustworthy facial trait appraisal. An undergraduate, nonclinical sample (N = 95) was assessed for BPD features, RS, and trust appraisal of neutral faces. Higher BPD features were associated with lower ratings of trustworthiness of the faces and higher scores on RS. Furthermore, as hypothesized, the association between BPD features and trust appraisal was mediated by RS. Results are discussed in the context of a proposed model of the social cognitive mechanisms of interpersonal hypersensitivity in BPD.
边缘型人格障碍（BPD）患者害怕被抛弃，并表现出其亲密关系的不稳定性。这些人际困难可能受到将中性社会刺激（例如，非情感面部表情）解释为不可信的倾向的影响。本研究验证了以下假设，即 BPD 特征与对中性面部表情的不可信归因有关。此外，作者还假设，拒绝敏感性（RS）的特征也与 BPD 特征相关，并在 BPD 特征与不可信的面部特征评估之间起中介作用。对本科生非临床样本（N = 95）进行了 BPD 特征、RS 和对中性面部表情的信任评估。较高的 BPD 特征与较低的面部信任度评分和较高的 RS 分数相关。此外，正如假设的那样，BPD 特征与信任评估之间的关联由 RS 介导。结果在 BPD 人际敏感的社会认知机制的拟议模型背景下进行了讨论。
