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ISSN : 1229-0688
Given that people with borderline personality disorder (BPD) traits frequently experience emotional dysregulation, the purpose of this study was to examine how much attention they pay to and recognize their positive and negative moods. Study 1 examined the relationship between BPD traits and emotional awareness clarity among non-clinical college students and found that the higher the BPD traits, the lower the emotional awareness clarity. In terms of subscales, BPD traits were not significantly related to emotional attention but were significantly and negatively related to emotional clarity. Study 2 examined a subset of Study 1 participants with high BPD traits. Those assigned to the positive mood induction condition reported more positive mood but no change in negative mood, while those assigned to the negative mood induction condition reported more negative mood and less positive mood.
