Specificity of affective instability in patients with borderline personality disorder compared to posttraumatic stress disorder, bulimia nervosa, and healthy controls.

• DOI: 10.1037/a0035619
• Publication Date: 2014-03-24T18:04:20Z
• Authors: Philip Santangelo; Iris Reinhard; Lutz Mussgay; Regina Steil; Günther Sawitzki; Christoph Klein; Timothy J. Trull; Martin Bohus; Ulrich W. Ebner-P...
• Keywords: Emotional dysregulation

Affective instability is a core feature of borderline personality disorder (BPD).The use advanced assessment methodologies and appropriate statistical analyses has led to consistent findings that indicate heightened in patients with BPD compared healthy controls.However, few studies have investigated the specificity affective among regard relevant clinical control groups.In this study, 43 BPD, 28 posttraumatic stress (PTSD), 20 bulimia nervosa