Previous studies have demonstrated abnormalities in emotion recognition within individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD). However, it is yet unknown how much these abnormalities can be attributed to emotional states or affect. Therefore, the current study aimed to investigate the independent effects of BPD, positive affect, and negative affect on emotion recognition sensitivity. We recruited a mixed, transdiagnostic community sample of 118 adults diagnosed with either a personality disorder, only an affective disorder, or without psychopathology. Participants completed self-report assessments of positive and negative affect and two behavioral assessments of emotion recognition sensitivity. We found that both positive and negative affect predict lower overall emotion recognition sensitivity in both tasks, beyond the effect of BPD. We did not find a significant, independent effect of the diagnosis of BPD. Additionally, we found that the diagnosis of BPD moderated the relationship between negative affect and emotion recognition sensitivity within one task. Findings from the present study suggest that sensitivity to other people’s emotional expressions may be influenced by affect beyond the effect of the BPD diagnosis. The implications for future research efforts on emotion recognition and BPD are discussed.

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被我们的情绪蒙蔽：边缘人格障碍的影响及其对情绪识别敏感性的影响

先前的研究表明，在诊断为边缘性人格障碍（BPD）的个体中，情绪识别异常。但是，尚不清楚这些异常可归因于情绪状态或情感多少。因此，当前的研究旨在调查BPD的独立作用，积极影响和负面影响对情绪识别敏感性的影响。我们收集了118位被诊断患有人格障碍，仅是情感障碍或无精神病理学的成年人的混合，经诊断的社区样本。参与者完成了对正面和负面影响的自我报告评估以及对情绪识别敏感性的两次行为评估。我们发现，无论是正面还是负面的影响，都预示着两项任务的整体情绪识别敏感性都会降低，超越了BPD的影响。我们没有发现BPD诊断的显着，独立作用。此外，我们发现BPD的诊断在一项任务中减轻了负面影响和情绪识别敏感性之间的关系。从本研究的发现表明，对他人情感表达的敏感性可能受到BPD诊断以外的影响。讨论了未来对情绪识别和BPD研究的意义。从本研究的发现表明，对他人情感表达的敏感性可能受到BPD诊断以外的影响。讨论了未来对情绪识别和BPD研究的意义。从本研究的发现表明，对他人情感表达的敏感性可能受到BPD诊断以外的影响。讨论了未来对情绪识别和BPD研究的意义。