Investigating proactive aggression in patients with borderline personality disorder and major depressive disorder using a modified version of the Taylor aggression paradigm.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Inappropriate reactive (provoked) aggression is common in various psychiatric disorders, including Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and, to a lesser extent, Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). Less is known about proactive (unprovoked) aggression in these patients, with mixed findings in the literature. Drawing from the current evidence, we expect higher trait aggression in both patient groups and higher behavioral proactive aggression and physiological arousal in patients with BPD compared to both MDD and healthy participants (HC).

Methods

We investigated behavioral and psychophysiological correlates of proactive aggression in 23 patients with MDD, 20 with BPD, and 21 HC using a proactive version of the Taylor Aggression Paradigm (pTAP). The pTAP consists of

SUBMITTER: Boccadoro S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11672799 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature