Tell me how you feel and I will tell you who you are: First validation of the affect integration inventory

Solbakken, Ole André; Rauk, Mari; Solem, Anders; Lødrup, William; Monsen, Jon T.

doi:10.15714/scandpsychol.4.e2

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“…The AII [ 19 ] consists of 112 statements about perception of awareness, tolerance, and expressions of nine discrete affects: (1) Interest, (2) Joy, (3) Fear, (4) Anger, (5) Shame, (6) Sadness, (7) Jealousy, (8) Guilt, and (9) Tenderness. Items are phrased so they tap into either the Experience or the Expression aspects of the affects, covering all aspects of the AI concept.…”

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“…The scores for this study were computed at three levels: (1) a mean overall Global AI score, (2) a mean score on the capacity of Experience across affects or a mean score on the capacity of Expression across affects, and (3) mean scores for each of the discrete affects. The psychometrics of the AII have been validated in both clinical and nonclinical samples [ 19 , 27 , 28 ]. The Cronbach’s alpha values from the present sample have been published elsewhere [ 27 ].…”

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“…To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to systematically examine these relations in this way in a clinical sample of patients with PD. Based on theoretical assumptions and previous studies (e.g., [ 19 ]), we expect to find associations between low levels of AI and more pronounced symptom distress, interpersonal problems, and maladaptive personality functioning. The study will test the following hypotheses: Problems with AI are associated with symptom distress and overall relational difficulties.…”

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“…However, emotional processes are also subject to learning and socialization, and as a consequence of the individual’s unique developmental history, these processes will organize and become automatized as subjective patterns or scripts for experiencing, comprehending, and expressing one´s affective reactions [ 15 , 16 , 17 ]. The semistructured Affect Consciousness Interview (ACI) [ 18 ] and the self-reported Affect Integration Inventory (AII) [ 19 ] have been developed to assess the level of adaptiveness of the individual´s affect organization. Previous research has demonstrated good psychometric properties and clinical usefulness of both the ACI [ 13 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 ] and the AII [ 19 , 27 , 28 ].…”

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The Relationship between Affect Integration and Psychopathology in Patients with Personality Disorder: A Cross-Sectional Study

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Background and Objectives: Emotional dysfunction is considered a key component in personality disorders; however, only few studies have examined the relationship between the two. In this study, emotional dysfunction was operationalized through the Affect Integration Inventory, and the aim was to examine the relationships between the level of affect integration and the levels of symptom distress, interpersonal problems, and personality functioning in patients diagnosed with personality disorder according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition. Materials and Methods: Within a hospital-based psychiatric outpatient setting, 87 patients with personality disorder referred for treatment were identified for assessment with the Affect Integration Inventory and other measures (e.g., the Symptom Checklist-90, Revised, the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems 64 circumplex version, and the Severity Indices of Personality Problems). Results: The analyses revealed that problems with affect integration were strongly and statistically significantly correlated with high levels of symptom distress, interpersonal problems, and maladaptive personality functioning. Additionally, low scores on the Affect Integration Inventory regarding discrete affects were associated with distinct and differentiated patterns of interpersonal problems. Conclusion: Taken together, emotional dysfunction, as measured by the Affect Integration Inventory, appeared to be a central component of the pathological self-organization associated with personality disorder. These findings have several implications for the understanding and psychotherapeutic treatment of personality pathology. Furthermore, they highlight the importance of considering the integration of discrete affects and their specific contributions in the conceptualization and treatment of emotional dysfunction in patients with personality disorders.

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“…They may struggle with an emotional process that aims to abate feelings of threat and fear, while appraisal and coping mediate this emotional process (Lazarus, 1999). In this process, cognitive and affective domains as motivation, appraisal, coping, stress, and emotion will be conjoined (Lazarus, 1999;Solbakken et al, 2017).…”

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Patient experiences with videoconferencing as social contact and in follow-up from oncology nurses in primary health care

Nordtug

Brataas

Rygg

2021

Health Psychology Open

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Patients with various forms of cancer often have unmet psychosocial support needs. By interpretative phenomenological approach, this study aimed to acquire a deeper understanding of home-living patients with cancer’s experience and meaning from videoconferencing in oncological nursing follow-up in primary healthcare and contact with networks. Six patients from rural Norway participated. Three themes emerged: (1) From skepticism to videoconferencing-enthusiasm; (2) Oncology nurses ensured tablet mastery and delivered close follow-up; and (3) Oncology nurses helped ensure general social support using videoconferencing. Oncology follow-up care in rural areas using videoconferencing may enhance care availability and provision of psychosocial support meeting patients’ needs.

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Emotional dysfunction in avoidant personality disorder and borderline personality disorder: A cross‐sectional comparative study

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Solbakken

Licht

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Scandinavian J Psychology

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According to the literature, avoidant personality disorder (APD) is often overlooked in research on personality disorders. In the present study, patients with APD were compared to patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) with respect to emotional dysfunction. Emotional dysfunction was operationalized through the Affect Integration Inventory. Sixty‐one patients receiving treatment at specialized outpatient hospital facilities for either BPD (n = 25) or APD (n = 36) (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition) were included in a cross‐sectional study. Supporting our expectations of no difference in the global capacity for affect integration between groups, the estimated difference was 0.00 (95% confidence interval [CI] [−0.53, 0.53]). On the other hand, the expected increased dysfunction in APD regarding Expression could not be confirmed. Furthermore, problems with specific affects distinguished the groups; integration of Interest was worse in APD (p = 0.01), whereas integration of Jealousy was worse in BPD (p = 0.04). In terms of prototypical modes of experiencing affects, APD was characterized by decreased access to the motivational properties of Interest (p < 0.01), while BPD was more driven by Interest (p < 0.01), Anger (p < 0.01), and Jealousy (p = 0.01). In conclusion, even though the two disorders are characterized by similar overall levels of emotional dysfunction, they differ systematically and predictably regarding specific affects and modes of experiencing. These findings carry implications for the understanding of emotional dysfunction in APD and BPD, suggesting specific areas of emotional dysfunction that could be targeted in tailored psychotherapeutic interventions.

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Tell me how you feel and I will tell you who you are: First validation of the affect integration inventory

Cited by 11 publications

References 27 publications

The Relationship between Affect Integration and Psychopathology in Patients with Personality Disorder: A Cross-Sectional Study

The Relationship between Affect Integration and Psychopathology in Patients with Personality Disorder: A Cross-Sectional Study

Patient experiences with videoconferencing as social contact and in follow-up from oncology nurses in primary health care

Emotional dysfunction in avoidant personality disorder and borderline personality disorder: A cross‐sectional comparative study

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