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Theory of mind and its relationship with executive functions and emotion recognition in borderline personality disorder

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Baez, Sandra, Marengo, Juan, Perez, Ana, Huepe, David, Font, Fernanda Giralt, Rial, Veronica, Gonzalez‐Gadea, María Luz, Manes, Facundo +1 more·2015·Journal of Neuropsychology

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Impaired social cognition has been claimed to be a mechanism underlying the development and maintenance of borderline personality disorder ( BPD ). One important aspect of social cognition is the theory of mind (ToM), a complex skill that seems to be influenced by more basic processes, such as executive functions (EF) and emotion recognition. Previous ToM studies in BPD have yielded inconsistent results. This study assessed the performance of BPD adults on ToM, emotion recognition, and EF tasks. We also examined whether EF and emotion recognition could predict the performance on ToM tasks. We evaluated 15 adults with BPD and 15 matched healthy controls using different tasks of EF , emotion recognition, and ToM. The results showed that BPD adults exhibited deficits in the three domains, which seem to be task‐dependent. Furthermore, we found that EF and emotion recognition predicted the performance on ToM. Our results suggest that tasks that involve real‐life social scenarios and contextual cues are more sensitive to detect ToM and emotion recognition deficits in BPD individuals. Our findings also indicate that (a) ToM variability in BPD is partially explained by individual differences on EF and emotion recognition; and (b) ToM deficits of BPD patients are partially explained by the capacity to integrate cues from face, prosody, gesture, and social context to identify the emotions and others' beliefs.

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Authors
Baez, S., Marengo, J., Perez, A., Huepe, D., Font, F. G., Rial, V., Gonzalez‐Gadea, M. L., Manes, F., & Ibanez, A.
Affiliations
  • Laboratory of Experimental Psychology and Neuroscience (LPEN) Institute of Cognitive Neurology (INECO) & Institute of Neuroscience Favaloro University Buenos Aires Argentina
  • Favaloro University (AR)
  • Universidad Diego Portales (CL)
  • Australian Research Council (AU)
Venue
Journal of Neuropsychology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2014-04-28
Volume
9
Issue
2
Pages
203-218
ISSN
  • 1748-6645 (ISSN-L)
  • 1748-6653
OpenAlex
W2142634030
Cited by
69
References
78
Citations by year
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FWCI
9.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Neuropsychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Conicet (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
Funders
  • CONICYT/FONDECYT (1130920, PICT 2012-0412, PICT 2012-1309)
  • CONICET
  • INECO Foundation
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
Keywords
borderline personality disorder, theory of mind, executive function, emotion recognition, social cognition, social cognition deficits, individual differences, prosody, facial expressions, social environment
MeSH terms
Adult, Analysis of Variance, Borderline Personality Disorder, Cognition Disorders, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Neuropsychological Tests, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Mood Disorders, Recognition, Psychology, Young Adult, Executive Function, Theory of Mind

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