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Affective Instability and Emotion Dysregulation as a Social Impairment

Schmidt, Philipp (2022)
Affective Instability and Emotion Dysregulation as a Social Impairment.
In: Frontiers in Psychology, 2022, 13
doi: 10.26083/tuprints-00021236
Artikel, Zweitveröffentlichung, Verlagsversion

Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)

Borderline personality disorder is a complex psychopathological phenomenon. It is usually thought to consist in a vast instability of different aspects that are central to our experience of the world, and to manifest as “a pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity” [American Psychiatric Association (APA), 2013, p. 663]. Typically, of the instability triad — instability in (1) self, (2) affect and emotion, and (3) interpersonal relationships — only the first two are described, examined, and conceptualized from an experiential point of view. In this context, disorders of self have often motivated analyses of self-experience and the sense of self, affective disorders have been frequently considered in the light of emotional experience and its phenomenological structure. Patterns in the phenomenology of social experience have found comparatively little traction when it comes to the conceptualization of the interpersonal disturbances in borderline. In this paper, I argue that interpersonal instability in borderline consists in much more than fragile and shifting relationships but, most importantly, also involves certain styles in experiencing others. These styles, I suggest, may play an explanatory role for the borderline-typical patterns of interpersonal turmoil and so deserve more attention. To better describe and understand these styles, I explore the phenomenological structure of borderline affective instability and discuss the implications it might have for how a person experiences and relates to other people. Considering core aspects of borderline affective instability, such as alexithymia, emotional contagion, emotion dysregulation, and chronic emptiness, I propose borderline can be interpreted as a disturbance of interaffective exchange, which gives rise to certain ways of experiencing others that imply a social impairment.

Typ des Eintrags: Artikel
Erschienen: 2022
Autor(en): Schmidt, Philipp
Art des Eintrags: Zweitveröffentlichung
Titel: Affective Instability and Emotion Dysregulation as a Social Impairment
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: 2022
Publikationsdatum der Erstveröffentlichung: 2022
Verlag: Frontiers Media S.A.
Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: Frontiers in Psychology
Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: 13
Kollation: 15 Seiten
DOI: 10.26083/tuprints-00021236
URL / URN: https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/21236
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Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

Borderline personality disorder is a complex psychopathological phenomenon. It is usually thought to consist in a vast instability of different aspects that are central to our experience of the world, and to manifest as “a pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity” [American Psychiatric Association (APA), 2013, p. 663]. Typically, of the instability triad — instability in (1) self, (2) affect and emotion, and (3) interpersonal relationships — only the first two are described, examined, and conceptualized from an experiential point of view. In this context, disorders of self have often motivated analyses of self-experience and the sense of self, affective disorders have been frequently considered in the light of emotional experience and its phenomenological structure. Patterns in the phenomenology of social experience have found comparatively little traction when it comes to the conceptualization of the interpersonal disturbances in borderline. In this paper, I argue that interpersonal instability in borderline consists in much more than fragile and shifting relationships but, most importantly, also involves certain styles in experiencing others. These styles, I suggest, may play an explanatory role for the borderline-typical patterns of interpersonal turmoil and so deserve more attention. To better describe and understand these styles, I explore the phenomenological structure of borderline affective instability and discuss the implications it might have for how a person experiences and relates to other people. Considering core aspects of borderline affective instability, such as alexithymia, emotional contagion, emotion dysregulation, and chronic emptiness, I propose borderline can be interpreted as a disturbance of interaffective exchange, which gives rise to certain ways of experiencing others that imply a social impairment.

Freie Schlagworte: borderline personality disorder (BPD), phenomenology, social experience, affective instability, interaffectivity, empathy, emotion dysregulation, emptiness
Status: Verlagsversion
URN: urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-212368
Sachgruppe der Dewey Dezimalklassifikatin (DDC): 100 Philosophie und Psychologie > 100 Philosophie
100 Philosophie und Psychologie > 150 Psychologie
Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): 02 Fachbereich Gesellschafts- und Geschichtswissenschaften
02 Fachbereich Gesellschafts- und Geschichtswissenschaften > Institut für Philosophie
Hinterlegungsdatum: 09 Mai 2022 13:33
Letzte Änderung: 11 Mai 2022 05:03
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