Neural correlates of social exclusion and overinclusion in patients with borderline personality disorder: an fMRI study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Interpersonal difficulties of patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) are closely related to rejection sensitivity. The aim of the present study was to gain further insight into the experience and cerebral processing of social interactions in patients with BPD by using fMRI during experimentally induced experiences of social exclusion, inclusion, and overinclusion.

Methods

The study involved 30 participants diagnosed with BPD (29 female and 1 male; age: M = 24.22, SD = 5.22) and 30 healthy controls (29 female and 1 male; age: M = 24.66, SD = 5.28) with no current or lifetime psychiatric diagnoses. In the fMRI session, all participants were asked to complete a Cyberball task that consisted of an alternating sequence of inclusion, exclusion, and overincl

SUBMITTER: Latalova A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10691118 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature