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Sensory sensitivity, attachment experiences, and rejection responses among adults with borderline and avoidant features
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Both avoidant and borderline personality disorder (APD and BPD) are theoretically associated with temperamental vulnerabilities, adverse attachment experiences, and negative reactions to the threat of perceived rejection; however, more work is needed to differentiate how these processes account for the etiology and maintenance of both disorders.Abstract:
Both avoidant and borderline personality disorder (APD and BPD) are theoretically associated with temperamental vulnerabilities, adverse attachment experiences, and negative (pessimistic or catastrophic) reactions to the threat of perceived rejection; however, more work is needed to differentiate how these processes account for the etiology and maintenance of both disorders. In this study, 156 adults completed questionnaires measuring APD and BPD features, temperament (sensory-processing sensitivity), mood, and attachment experiences. A vignette task was devised to examine pessimistic cognitive-affective reactions in situations signaling potential rejection. Both APD and BPD were associated with temperamental sensitivity, but BPD was uniquely linked with a subscale measuring sensitivity to mental and emotive stimuli, whereas APD was uniquely linked with a subscale measuring the control and avoidance of aversive stimulation. Compared to APD, BPD was more strongly linked with negative moods (anxiety, anger, sadness) and insecure attachment to parents, whereas APD was more strongly linked (than BPD) to pessimistic cognitive-affective responses to rejection-related situations.read more
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Social anxiety disorder: questions and answers for the DSM-V
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Sensory Processing Sensitivity A Review in the Light of the Evolution of Biological Responsivity
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Rejection sensitivity and borderline personality disorder.
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Sensory Processing Sensitivity in the context of Environmental Sensitivity: A critical review and development of research agenda.
Corina U. Greven,Corina U. Greven,Francesca Lionetti,Charlotte Booth,Elaine N. Aron,Elaine Fox,Haline E. Schendan,Michael Pluess,Hilgo Bruining,Bianca P. Acevedo,Patricia Bijttebier,Judith R. Homberg +11 more
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The highly sensitive brain: an fMRI study of sensory processing sensitivity and response to others' emotions
Bianca P. Acevedo,Elaine N. Aron,Arthur Aron,Matthew Donald Sangster,Nancy L. Collins,Lucy L. Brown +5 more
TL;DR: A study of neural systems engaged in response to others' emotions in the context of sensory processing sensitivity finds that high‐SPS individuals are strongly affected by others' moods.
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