Interpersonal Problems and Negative Affect in Borderline Personality and Depressive Disorders in Daily Life
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Theories of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) suggest that interpersonal problems in BPD act as triggers for negative affect and, at the same time, are a possible result of affective dysregulation. Therefore, we assessed the relations between momentary negative affect (hostility, sadness, fear) and interpersonal problems (rejection, disagreement) in a sample of 80 BPD and 51 depressed outpatients at six time points over 28 days. Data were analyzed using multivariate multilevel modeling to separate momentary-, day-, and person-level effects. Results revealed a mutually reinforcing relationship between disagreement and hostility, rejection and hostility, and rejection and sadness in both groups at the momentary and day level. The mutual reinforcement between hostility and rejection/disagreement was significantly stronger in the BPD group. Moreover, the link between rejection and sadness was present at all three levels of analysis for the BPD group, whereas it was localized to the momentary level in the depressed group.
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Momentary and daily negative interpersonal events triggered higher negative affect (fear, hostility, sadness) in both MDD and BPD patients.
“momentary and daily negative interpersonal events triggered higher NA (fear, hostility, and sadness) in both groups”
From Current state and future directions of technology-based ecological momentary assessment and intervention for major depressive disorder: a systematic review (2019) · cites this paper as [58]
High levels of hostility predicted rejection and disagreements.
“High levels of hostility predicted rejection and disagreements”
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The relationships between interpersonal events and affect were stronger in BPD patients than in depressed participants.
“The aforementioned relationships were stronger in BPD patients than in depressed participants.”
From Current state and future directions of technology-based ecological momentary assessment and intervention for major depressive disorder: a systematic review (2019) · cites this paper as [58]
Sadness was only a predictor of social rejection.
“sadness was only a predictor of social rejection”
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- Authors
- Hepp, J., Lane, S. P., Carpenter, R. W., Niedtfeld, I., Brown, W. C., & Trull, T. J.
- Affiliations
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- Purdue University West Lafayette (US)
- University of Missouri (US)
- University at Buffalo, State University of New York (US)
- Corresponding author
- Trull, Timothy J.
- Venue
- Clinical Psychological Science
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2017-02-13
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 470-484
- ISSN
- 2167-7026 (ISSN-L)
- 2167-7034
- PMC
- PMC5436804
- OpenAlex
- W2589005086
- Cited by
- 64
- References
- 93
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 2
- FWCI
- 8.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Clinical Psychological Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (F31 AA021036, T32 AA013526, R21 MH069472, F31 AA023447, F31 AA022031)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Keywords
- borderline personality disorder, depression, interpersonal problems, negative affect, hostility, rejection, disagreement, sadness, fear, emotional dysregulation, everyday life, mutual reinforcement
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