Borderline personality disorder and bias in the recognition of facial expressions of emotion: a pathway to understand the psychopathology



Título del documento: Borderline personality disorder and bias in the recognition of facial expressions of emotion: a pathway to understand the psychopathology
Revista: Archives of clinical psychiatry
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000419337
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 1Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo. Brasil
2Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Sao Paulo. Brasil
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Periodo: Ene-Feb
Volumen: 45
Número: 1
Paginación: 7-11
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico, descriptivo
Resumen en inglés The identification of facial emotions is a key skill as it promotes rapid and accurate recognition of emotions and enables better communication and greater social adaptation. More recent studies have suggested that impaired social interactions may be related to deficits in social cognition and therefore in the recognition of facial expressions, contributing to social disturbance among individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD). Objective: To present the results of an empirical study assessing the recognition of facial emotion expressions in women with BPD, having as reference a group of healthy women from the general population. Methods: The subjects (40 female with BPD and 40 controls) were assessed with a dynamic task on a computer screen for recognition of facial expressions of emotion. Results: The BPD group had a lower accuracy in perceiving emotions of fear and surprise and slowness in recognising happiness. Logistic regression analyses also identified an association between BPD and higher sensitivity in the recognition of anger. Discussion: Women with BPD made more mistakes in the recognition of negative emotions, which can bias the behaviour and regulation of affective states, favouring in turn the emergence of some typical symptoms associated with BPD
Disciplinas: Medicina
Palabras clave: Psiquiatría,
Diagnóstico,
Trastorno de personalidad limítrofe,
Expresión facial,
Psicopatología
Keyword: Psychiatry,
Diagnosis,
Borderline personality disorder,
Facial expression,
Psychopathology
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