Feeling Hollow: Examining the Presence, Emotional Correlates, and Regulation of Emptiness in Borderline Personality Disorder

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dc.contributor.advisorFitzpatrick, Skye
dc.contributor.authorFulham, Lindsay Vanessa
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-02T15:25:16Z
dc.date.available2023-03-02T15:25:16Z
dc.date.copyright2022-04-07
dc.date.issued2023-03-02
dc.date.updated2023-03-02T15:25:15Z
dc.degree.disciplinePsychology (Functional Area: Clinical Psychology)
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractThis study examines whether 1) emptiness at baseline and emptiness in response to stressors (i.e., emptiness reactivity) is elevated in BPD relative to clinical and healthy controls (HCs), 2) whether emptiness reactivity predicts emotion reactivity across different indices of emotion, 3) and whether emptiness can be reduced using emotion regulation strategies (i.e., distraction, mindfulness). Participants (N = 120) with either BPD, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), or HCs provided measurements of emptiness, self-reported emotion, skin conductance response (SCR), and respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) at baseline, following a stressor, and while implementing an ER strategy. Results revealed that baseline emptiness was highest in the BPD group and that increases in emptiness predicted increases and decreases in emotional reactivity via self-report and RSA, respectively. Only distraction predicted greater reductions in emptiness compared to simply reacting across groups. Therefore, distraction may be most effective in reducing emptiness in the short-term compared to mindfulness.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/40889
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectClinical psychology
dc.subject.keywordsEmptiness
dc.subject.keywordsBorderline personality disorder
dc.subject.keywordsEmotion regulation
dc.subject.keywordsEmotion dysregulation
dc.titleFeeling Hollow: Examining the Presence, Emotional Correlates, and Regulation of Emptiness in Borderline Personality Disorder
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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