Comparison of different strategies to decrease negative affect and increase positive affect in women with borderline personality disorder.

G.A. Jacob; J. Arendt; L. Kolley; C.N. Scheel; K. Bader; K. Lieb; A. Arntz; O. Tüscher

doi:10.1016/j.brat.2010.10.005

Comparison of different strategies to decrease negative affect and increase positive affect in women with borderline personality disorder.

G.A. Jacob^*, J. Arendt, L. Kolley, C.N. Scheel, K. Bader, K. Lieb, A. Arntz, O. Tüscher

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Background: In this study we compared the effect of different emotion regulation strategies on positive and negative emotions in patients with borderline personality disorder.

Methods: Emotion regulation strategies were a distracting task, individual positive memory imagery, individual soothing imagery, and a neutral comparison condition. During two separate sessions, 17 participants watched either neutral or negative movie segments before using these strategies.

Results: All three strategies influenced emotions into a favorable direction as compared to the neutral comparison condition. The positive memory image increased positive emotions significantly stronger than counting colors and distracting.

Discussion: Different strategies seem to have similar effects in decreasing negative emotions. Positive emotions may be affected in particular by positive and soothing imagery techniques.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	68-73
Number of pages	6
Journal	Behaviour Research and Therapy
Volume	49
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2010.10.005
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2011

Keywords

Emotion dysregulation
Emotion regulation
Borderline personality disorder
EMOTION-REGULATION
CHILDHOOD MEMORIES
SELF-COMPASSION
MENTAL-IMAGERY
MOOD
THERAPY
SUPPRESSION
PSYCHOTHERAPY
DISTRACTION
ANXIETY

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