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A Valence-Dependent Group-Specific Recall Bias of Retrospective Self-Reports: A Study of Borderline Personality Disorder in Everyday Life

Ebner-Priemer, Ulrich W., Kuo, Janice, Welch, Stacy Shaw, Thielgen, Tanja, Witte, Steffen, Bohus, Martin, Linehan, Marsha M.·2006·Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease
DOI 10.1097/01.nmd.0000239900.46595.72
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Recall is an active reconstruction process likely to distort past experiences. This distortion, known as recall bias, seems to manifest itself differently in sick and healthy people. A recall bias has been documented in several disorders, but never investigated in borderline personality disorder (BPD). To determine recall bias in BPD, we assessed momentary and retrospective ratings of specific emotions in 50 patients with BPD and 50 healthy controls (HCs), using the methodology of 24-hour ambulatory monitoring. Our data reveal a group-specific valence-dependent recall bias of retrospective self-report, indicated by a different overall recall pattern in HCs and BPD. BPD patients show an overall negative recall pattern, whereas HCs show a positive recall pattern. A traditional questionnaire approach does not distinguish between symptoms of the disorder and recall bias, although the pathological mechanisms underlying them as well as the appropriate treatment strategies may be different.

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  • Desktop- or laptop-based monitoring of panic disorder symptoms via daily or weekly electronic diaries is likely biased by memory effects because clients complete these diaries retrospectively rather than in real-time.

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Authors
Ebner-Priemer, U. W., Kuo, J., Welch, S. S., Thielgen, T., Witte, S., Bohus, M., & Linehan, M. M.
Affiliations
  • University of Washington (US)
  • Central Institute of Mental Health (DE)
  • Heidelberg University (DE)
Corresponding author
  • Thielgen, Tanja
  • Bohus, Martin
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Published
2006-10
Volume
194
Issue
10
Pages
774-779
ISSN
0022-3018 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1097/01.nmd.0000239900.46595.72
OpenAlex
W2041131412
Cited by
133
References
30
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 9
FWCI
6.63
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
Keywords
recall bias, borderline personality disorder, retrospective self-report, emotion recall, ambulatory monitoring, memory distortion
MeSH terms
Affect, Borderline Personality Disorder, Diagnosis, Differential, Emotions, Female, Health Status, Humans, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Mental Recall, Bias, Monitoring, Ambulatory, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

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