This study examined if beliefs about emotion change across emotional contexts in daily life, and it investigated whether people with prominent features of borderline personality pathology experience greater shifts in emotion beliefs during emotional states. Undergraduate participants with (n = 49) and without borderline features (n = 50) completed a 1-week ecological momentary assessment study where they provided ratings of affect, nine different beliefs about emotion, and indicators of momentary self-efficacy. Results support the notion of beliefs as relatively schematic. However, most of the beliefs about emotion shifted with either positive or negative affect, and they predicted momentary self-efficacy for tolerating distress and exerting willpower. Those with borderline features experienced greater instability of beliefs, and borderline features moderated the relationships between affect and many beliefs. Results confirm that there are implications for emotion beliefs for people who struggle with emotion regulation and impulsivity (i.e., people with features of borderline personality).

中文翻译：

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关于情绪变化的信念与瞬间影响一起动态变化。

本研究检验了关于情绪信念是否会在日常生活中的情绪环境中发生变化，并调查了具有边缘型人格病理特征的人是否在情绪状态期间经历了更大的情绪信念转变。有（n = 49）和没有边缘特征（n = 50）的本科参与者完成了一项为期 1 周的生态瞬时评估研究，他们提供了情感评级、关于情绪的九种不同信念以及瞬时自我效能的指标。结果支持信念的概念是相对示意性的。然而，大多数关于情绪的信念随着积极或消极的影响而改变，他们预测了容忍痛苦和发挥意志力的瞬间自我效能感。那些具有边缘特征的人经历了更大的信念不稳定性，边缘特征调节了情感和许多信念之间的关系。结果证实，对于在情绪调节和冲动中挣扎的人（即具有边缘人格特征的人），情绪信念有影响。