Time Perspective and the Subjective Passage of Time in Patients with Borderline Personality Disorders

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanna Mioni ◽  
Marc Wittmann ◽  
Elena Prunetti ◽  
Franca Stablum
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Subjective Time ◽  
Time Intervals ◽  
Borderline Personality Disorders ◽  
The Past ◽  
Balanced Time Perspective ◽  
Regulation Strategies

Patients with borderline personality disorders (BPD) show heightened negative affect and maladaptive emotion-regulation strategies. An individual's time perspective towards the past, present, and future as well as the feeling of time passage are strongly related to affect and emotion regulation. We therefore assessed the time perspective (Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory, ZTPI) and the subjective passage of time for present and past time intervals (Subjective Time Questionnaire, STQ) in 17 patients with BPD between the ages of 18 and 52 and 17 control subjects matched for gender, age and education. Patients with BPD show deviations in nearly all time orientations in the ZTPI: lower scores in the future and the past-positive dimension and higher scores in the present-fatalistic and past-negative dimensions. Patients deviate significantly more than controls from a balanced time perspective (BTP). Regarding the STQ, patients with BPD feel a general expansion of time at present but not for past intervals. Taken together, we show how BPD can be understood as a strong imbalance in individual time orientations and a most likely negatively felt expansion of subjective time in daily life.

Time Perspective among Patients Diagnosed with Neurotic and Personality Disorders − an Exploratory, Clinical Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Joanna Mostowik ◽  
Krzysztof Rutkowski ◽  
Tadeusz Ostrowski ◽  
Michał Mielimąka
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
The Past ◽  
Behavioural Syndromes ◽  
Balanced Time Perspective ◽  
Icd 10 ◽  
The University ◽  
Distinct Features

Abstract (1) An assessment of the structure of time perspective (TP) in a group of patients with neurotic and personality disorders (ICD-10: F4x, F60.x, F61) treated with group psychotherapy. (2) An analysis of the differences between the structure of TP in patients and the general population in order to expand the understanding of the relations between TP and mental health. Data were collected from 49 patients at the University Hospital Day Centre for the Treatment of Neurotic Disorders and Behavioural Syndromes. The measurement of TP was performed with the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory. A licensed psychiatrist conducted the diagnosis of neurotic and personality disorders, with additional data obtained from the Symptom Checklist KO ‘O’ and the Neurotic Personality Questionnaire KON-2006. The statistical analysis revealed significant differences in the structure of TP between patients and the general population. Among patients, the intensity of the past experienced negatively was significantly higher, and subsequently, the degree of the past experienced positively was lower. Patients remain in the negative past and concentrate much more on the pain and the worrying memories. They give much less attention to what was and what is valuable and pleasant in their life. Results of this research reveal distinct features of the structure of TP in the studied group. Findings underline the clinical relevance of TP at various stages of therapy. Restoring a balanced time perspective could be regarded as a tenable goal for psychotherapy and perhaps an innovative indicator of the treatment’s effectiveness.

scholarly journals Self-injurious acts in patients with bordeline personality disorders

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 129-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.A. Polskaya
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Defense Mechanisms ◽  
Coping Behavior ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Cognitive Emotion Regulation ◽  
Borderline Personality Disorders ◽  
Ways Of Coping Questionnaire ◽  
Self Injury

Results of the empirical study on the relation between emotion regulation factors and the peculiarity of self-injurious behavior in clinical and nonclinical groups are reported. Participants of the research (N=68) comprised two groups: inpatients with borderline personality disorders (N=33; М=44,9, SD=10,8) and control group (N=35; M=39,3, SD=11,2). Methods: the scale of reasons for self-injurious behavior (Polskaya, 2014), Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (Garnefski et al., 2002, Rasskazova et al., 2011), the Ways of Coping Questionnaire (Lazarus, Folkman, 1988, Kryukova, Kuftyak, 2004) and Emotional Intelligence questionnaire (Lyusin, 2009). Conclusion: 1) self-injuries are observed both in clinical and nonclinical group; in patients with borderline personality disorders they are related to a certain mental state and/or a wish to change it, whereas in control group self-injuries possess a reactive character; 2) such strategies of cognitive emotion regulation as decreased ability to plan, rumination and catastrophizing, can be regarded as markers of self-injurious behavior; 3) self-injury in patients with borderline personality disorders is related to decreased understanding of emotion, whereas in control group it is related to emotion management and expression; 4) self-injury can execute antisuicidal function and be reinforced by constructive strategies of emotion regulation in the structure of coping behavior or defense mechanisms.

The relationship between reflective functioning and affect consciousness in patients with avoidant and borderline personality disorders.

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 382-393
Author(s):  
Merete S. Johansen ◽  
Sigmund W. Karterud ◽  
Eivind Normann-Eide ◽  
Frida G. Rø ◽  
Elfrida H. Kvarstein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Reflective Functioning ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Borderline Personality Disorders ◽  
The Relationship

Borderline Symptom Inventory: Assessing Inpatient and Outpatient Borderline Personality Disorders

1988 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee S. Mann ◽  
Thomas N. Wise ◽  
Errol A. Segall ◽  
Richard L. Goldberg ◽  
David M. Goldstein
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Borderline Personality Disorders ◽  
Symptom Inventory

Duration of Time in Time-Related Words

1969 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 775-781
Author(s):  
Martin S. Lindauer
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Sex Difference ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Time Intervals ◽  
The Past

275 time-related words, considered a source for the cognitive investigation of time perspective, were assigned to 10 time intervals ranging from seconds to millennia by 32 Ss equally divided by sex. Differences were found in the duration of time connoted by the verbal materials, with reference to the frequency with which the 10 time intervals were used, as well as the time spans associated with the past, present, and future. No sex difference was noted.

scholarly journals Quality or quantity? A multi-study analysis of emotion regulation skills deficits associated with Borderline Personality Disorder

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew W. Southward ◽  
Jennifer S. Cheavens
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Online Study ◽  
Biosocial Theory ◽  
Frequent Use ◽  
Regulation Strategies ◽  
And Control ◽  
Group D

Linehan’s (1993) biosocial theory posits that people with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) have emotion regulation skills deficits characterized by 1) less frequent use of adaptive emotion regulation strategies, 2) more frequent use of maladaptive strategies, or 3) poorer quality strategy implementation (i.e., strategies implemented less skillfully). We tested these possibilities among participants with BPD, Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), or no disorder (controls). Study 1 participants (N = 272) were recruited online; Study 2 participants (N = 90) completed in-person diagnostic assessments. The BPD groups reported greater use of maladaptive strategies than the MDD (d = .35) and control (d = 1.54) groups and lower quality implementation than the MDD (d = .33) and control groups (d = .97). BPD participants reported similar use of adaptive strategies as the MDD group (d = .09) but less use than controls (d = .47). BPD may be uniquely characterized by overuse of maladaptive strategies and poorer quality emotion regulation implementation.

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