Stuck in a negative me: fMRI study on the role of disturbed self-views in social feedback processing in borderline personality disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Interpersonal difficulties in borderline personality disorder (BPD) could be related to the disturbed self-views of BPD patients. This study investigates affective and neural responses to positive and negative social feedback (SF) of BPD patients compared with healthy (HC) and low self-esteem (LSE) controls and how this relates to individual self-views.

Methods

BPD (N = 26), HC (N = 32), and LSE (N = 22) performed a SF task in a magnetic resonance imaging scanner. Participants received 15 negative, intermediate and positive evaluative feedback words putatively given by another participant and rated their mood and applicability of the words to the self.

Results

BPD had more negative self-views than HC and felt worse after negative feedback. Applicability of

SUBMITTER: van Schie CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7093320 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature