Low positive affect display mediates the association between borderline personality disorder and negative evaluations at zero acquaintance

Abstract Background Several recent studies have demonstrated that naïve raters tend to evaluate individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) negatively at zero-acquaintance (i.e., in a ‘first impression’ type situation, where the rater has no knowledge of the individual and no prior intera...

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Main Authors: Johanna Hepp, Susanne Gebhardt, Pascal J. Kieslich, Lisa M. Störkel, Inga Niedtfeld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40479-019-0103-6