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Emotional reactivity to social rejection and negative evaluation among persons with borderline personality features . The present study examined the emotional reactivity of persons with heightened borderline personality ( BP ) features to social rejection and negative evaluation in the laboratory . Individuals with high levels of BP features ( n = 30 ) and controls with low levels of BP features ( n = 44 ) were randomly assigned to a condition involving negative evaluation based on writing ( negative evaluation/academic ) , or a condition involving negative evaluation based on personal characteristics as well as social rejection ( negative evaluation/social rejection ) . Hypothesis 1 was that high-BP individuals , but not low-BP controls , would show greater emotional reactivity to the negative evaluation/social rejection stressor , compared with the negative evaluation/academic ( writing ) stressor . Hypothesis 2 was that high-BP individuals would specifically show greater reactivity of shame- and anger-related emotions to the negative evaluation/social rejection stressor compared with the negative evaluation/academic stressor . Findings indicated that high-BP individuals showed heightened emotional reactivity to the social rejection stressor but not to the negative evaluation stressor , but the opposite pattern occurred for controls . In addition , there was evidence for heightened reactivity of irritability , distress , and shame for the high-BP group , specifically in the social rejection condition .
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condition involving negative evaluation based on writing ( negative evaluation/academic ) , or a condition involving negative evaluation based on personal characteristics as well as social rejection ( negative evaluation/social rejection ) .
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negative evaluation/social rejection stressor
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Intervention_Other
negative evaluation/academic ( writing ) stressor
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Intervention_Educational
negative evaluation/social rejection stressor
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Intervention_Other
negative evaluation/academic stressor
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Intervention_Educational
social rejection stressor
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Intervention_Other
negative evaluation stressor
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Outcome_Mental
Emotional reactivity
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Outcome_Mental
emotional reactivity
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Outcome_Mental
writing
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personal characteristics
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social rejection ( negative evaluation/social rejection )
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Outcome_Mental
emotional reactivity
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Outcome_Mental
reactivity of shame-
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Outcome_Mental
anger-related emotions
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Outcome_Mental
heightened emotional reactivity
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Outcome_Mental
heightened reactivity of irritability , distress , and shame
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Participant_Condition
borderline personality
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Participant_Condition
heightened borderline personality ( BP )
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Participant_Condition
high levels
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Participant_Condition
BP
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Participant_Sample-size
30
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Participant_Condition
low levels
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Participant_Condition
BP
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Participant_Sample-size
44
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Participant_Condition
high-BP
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Participant_Condition
low-BP
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Participant_Condition
high-BP
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Participant_Condition
high-BP