 BPF, their use is not specific to this population. Instead it appears that cognitions underlying the application of strategies is where these two groups differed, therefore it may be cognitions underlying strategy use rather that the strategies themselves that are problematic. It appears that, consistent with the process model of emotion regulation, there is a trend suggesting a lack of consideration for future unwanted emotion appears to result in these individuals regulating in a reactive rather than pro-active manners. This leads to regulation attempts during times of high emotional intensity, when ‘functional strategies’ are likely to be less effective. In addition, differences in the desired function of emotion regulation attempts during times of high emotional intensity e.g. to communicate internal negative experiences may be problematic for interpersonal relationships. Finally, negative attention bias may make it more difficult for individuals to utilise some functional emotion regulation strategies, despite attempts to do so. These findings highlight factors that may contribute to the difficulties in emotion regulation associated with the presence of BPF. Following further investigation this information may be useful to inform support services both in the community and educational settings by highlighting potential targets for intervention in order to support individuals in learning to better manage their emotions. This might include supporting individuals to understand and recognise internal and external triggers for negative emotion, allowing early regulation; understanding why a negative attention bias may occur and develop skills in broadening attentional focus, and exploring alternative ways to communicate negative emotions. Supporting these individuals to understand and effectively manage their emotions may help to prevent emerging BPF in young adults from developing into stable and problematic personality features.
BA, bachelor of art; BPD, borderline personality disorder; BPF, borderline personality features; BSc, bachelor of science; DBT, dialectical behaviour therapy; PAI-BOR, personality assessment inventory – borderline scales; PANAS, positive and negative affect scale; PDQ-BS, personality diagnostic questionnaire – borderline scale.
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Funding for this project was provided by the University of Central Lancashire Psychology Department.
Interview transcripts from this study contain personal stories/details and experiences of participants that may make study participants identifiable. Consent was obtained to publish short exerts from transcripts ensuring that identifiable information was not included. These exerts are included in the body of the test. Consent was not obtained to share full transcripts. Thus the authors have decided not to share this data, in order to preserve confidentiality.
CP conceived the research question and design, collected and analysed data, drafted manuscript, given final approval for publication. CI contributed toward data analysis and interpretation, critically revised manuscript, given final approval for publication. KG contributed toward the conception of research question and design, critically revised manuscript, given final approval for publication. ME contributed toward research design, data analysis and interpretation, critically revised manuscript, given final approval for publication.
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“It’s going to be a robust discussion,” White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said of what will be the first face-to-face talks between India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump.
“We’re really seeking to roll out the red carpet,” a senior U.S. official said of the visit, which will feature the first dinner Trump will host at the White House for a foreign dignitary.
“It’ll be a long interaction and lots of time for the two leaders to get to know each other,” the senior official told White House reporters Friday.
“These are two very populist leaders,” with aspirations for transformation, notes Satu Limaye. He is director of the Washington office of the East-West Center, an American nonprofit group dedicated to promoting public diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific region.
Their origins are not only separated by a distance of 12,000 kilometers: Modi helped his father sell tea from a Gujarat street stall, while Trump’s tutelage was in property development.
While Trump likes to set the tone with a very firm handshake, the barrel-chested Indian leader breaks the ice with bear hugs.
What they have both embraced is enthusiasm for Twitter, and they are among the most followed political figures on social media. Both will surely want to tout the success of this visit in 140 characters or less.
The news from Modi's and Trump's tweets is likely to come from their announcement of transactions, rather than geopolitical agreements.
“The U.S. wants to treat India as a major defense partner in concrete terms [on a par] with our closest allies and partners,” says the senior White House official.
FILE - India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks to the media inside the parliament premises in New Delhi.
A California drone-maker, General Atomics, confirms a deal is imminent for the sale of 22 Guardian (MQ-9) unarmed drones to India’s navy for maritime patrolling. The deal, estimated to be worth up to $3 billion, originally raised concerns at the State Department about putting such sophisticated surveillance capabilities in the Indian Ocean, where tensions could arise between India and its rival Pakistan.
Also highlighted will be a tentative deal between Lockheed Martin and Tata Advanced Systems to produce F-16 fighter jets in India.
A senior White House official notes these defense deals support “thousands of American jobs,” but that may not be enough to appease some U.S. commercial sectors. With a $24 billion trade surplus in India’s favor, American manufacturers want action by Washington on a range of issues, including tariffs and localization, intellectual property and eliminating price controls on medical devices.
“I think this is an opportunity for the prime minister and President Trump to sit down and figure out ways that both sides can grow their economies through the right set of trade policies,” the vice president of international economic affairs at the National Association of Manufacturers, Linda Dempsey, told VOA.
On the other hand, a former high-ranking U.S. diplomat who served as ambassador to India in the early 1990s under President George H.W. Bush, Thomas Pickering, says he is concerned the two leaders will focus on short-term economic gains, at the expense of nurturing a longer-term strategic relationship.
Pickering tells VOA the Trump administration should see that India “espouses values and ideas that are much closer to ours than the other dominant country in Asia” - China.
A focus on commerce rather than geopolitics may come as a relief to traditionally nonaligned India.
“India doesn’t want a relationship with the U.S. built on an anti-China policy,” says Limaye.
There is angst in New Delhi that Trump has not paid adequate attention to India, especially in contrast to his repeated praise for China and its leader, Xi Jinping.
“He’s not new to India,” says the senior White House official, who also emphasizes that the president appreciates the contribution Indians have made to the U.S. economy, in particular through their embrace of innovation and entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley.
Both Trump and Modi enjoy support from a significant portion of the 3.5 million-member community of Indian-Americans.
Trump has named several members of the community to important positions. Nikki Haley is U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Ajit Pai is chairman of the Federal Communications Commission and Seema Verma runs Medicare and Medicaid programs under the Department of Health and Human Services.
The new version of Microsoft Office for Mac OS X platform has been finally released to manufacturing (RTM), which means the development for Office for Mac 2011 has been completed and the final code has been signed off, and been sent to production.
Office:Mac 2011 packs a lot of new or enhanced features functionality and redesigned user interface, with features such as everywhere access, full co-authoring support and ability to connect to cloud-based Microsoft services such as the Office Web Apps, SharePoint and SkyDrive for team collaboration. Office 2011 for Mac also introduces Outlook for Mac, uses Ribbon interface, adds new tools to easily craft professional documents, such as new template gallery, Sparklines, in-document photo editing and more.
The final RTM release of the Office 2011 for Mac suite of programs has the build version number of 14.0.0.100825.3, and the build was assembled and RTMed on Friday, September 10, 2010.
And as expected and similar to most other new Microsoft products, the Office for Mac 2011 has been leaked way before its official launch to retail customers and businesses, normally right after Microsoft delivers the products to volume licensing customers in the name of SW_DVD5_Office_Mac_Standard_2011_English_MLF_X16-99088. The online retailer Amazon had previously accidentally publish the availability date of Office for Mac 2011 before it’s taken down, which is listed as October 26, 2010. Microsoft had announced that Office for Mac 2011 will shipped by end of October.
Those who interested in Office for Mac 2011 can wait no more, as the download links to the setup installer of Office for Mac 2011 have been leaked and available for free download.
The package of Office for Mac 2011 Standard contains all popular Office apps for Mac OS X system, including Mac versions of Word 2011, Excel 2011, PowerPoint 2011, Outlook 2011 which