The rejection-rage contingency in borderline personality disorder.
The rejection-rage contingency in borderline personality disorder.
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DOI:
10.1037/a0023335
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发表时间:
2011-08
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
Paquin NL
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作者:
Berenson KR;Downey G;Rafaeli E;Coifman KG;Paquin NL
Though longstanding clinical observation reflected in the DSM-IV suggests that the rage characteristic of borderline personality disorder (BPD) often appears in response to perceived rejection, the role of perceived rejection in triggering rage in BPD has never been empirically tested. Extending basic personality research on rejection sensitivity to a clinical sample, a priming-pronunciation experiment and a 21-day experience-sampling diary examined the contingent relationship between perceived rejection and rage in participants diagnosed with BPD compared to healthy controls. Despite the differences in these two assessment methods, the indices of rejection-contingent rage that they produced were both elevated in the BPD group, and were strongly interrelated. They provide corroborating evidence that reactions to perceived rejection significantly explain the rage seen in BPD.