Different aspects of emotional intelligence of borderline personality disorder

Abstract

Our findings suggest that BPD patients have the ability to regulate emotions effectively, but they subjectively experience deficits in emotion regulation and therefore may not use this ability when they need it.

Components of emotion dysregulation in borderline personality disorder: A review of recent research

“…The results of another study, in which patients' ability to select strategies of emotion regulation to the described situations was investigated with the use of the emotional intelligence test MSCEIT (Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test), do not suggest any deficits in this area in patients with BPD either (compared to patients with personality disorders from cluster C and to non-patients) [56]. Also these findings indicate that patients with BPD perceive subjectively that they have deficits in their ability to regulate emotions.…”

Dysfunction of Empathy and Related Processes in Borderline Personality Disorder: A Systematic Review

“…Six (13.3%) of the 45 studies included in this review used the MSCEIT as a measure of emotional intelligence (Table 9 ). 74 , 75 , 77 , 82 , 96 , 100 Four of these studies found deficits of emotional intelligence in patients with BPD. 74 , 77 , 82 , 100 Two studies did not find significant differences of emotional intelligence between patients and controls.…”

“…Eighty percent of the studies included in this review reported deficits of empathy or related processes in patients with BPD. 17 , 36 , 41 , 47 , 52 , 54 , 55 , 57 , 61 , 69 , 70 , 74 , 76 – 90 , 92 – 98 , 100 , 101 Moreover, enhanced emotional empathy in BPD was reported in eight studies, all of which revealed that patients had increased scores of distress on the IRI self-report questionnaire. 54 , 61 , 72 , 76 , 79 , 83 , 84 , 86 Several studies found no significant differences between patients with BPD and healthy control subjects in terms of empathy or related processes, 40 , 56 , 63 , 75 , 91 , 99 and some even found contradictory results between distinct tests.…”

“…Forty-five studies, published between 2000 and 2019, were included in this review. 17 , 36 , 40 , 41 , 47 , 48 , 52 , 54 – 57 , 61 , 63 , 69 , 70 , 72 – 101 Thirteen (28.9%) of the 45 studies comprised samples of patients with psychiatric conditions other than BPD, 40 , 41 , 52 , 55 , 72 , 74 , 77 , 81 , 82 , 87 , 91 , 97 , 100 including other personality disorders, major depressive disorder (MDD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), schizophrenia, substance abuse disorder, and anorexia nervosa (Tables 1 – 4 and 6 – 10 ). All but two studies 47 , 82 reported sex distributions for patients with the diagnosis of BDP.…”

“…Thirty-six studies included in this review reported deficits of empathy (i.e., cognitive or emotional), ToM, mentalizing, social cognition, or emotional intelligence in patients with BPD. 17 , 36 , 41 , 47 , 52 , 54 , 55 , 57 , 61 , 69 , 70 , 74 , 76 – 90 , 92 – 98 , 100 , 101 …”