Quality of Life and Positive and Negative Affect in the Personality Disorder

Autor: Juan M. Ramos, Paula M. Marco, Aintzane Sánchez, Aurora Doll
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian
Rok vydání: 2024
Předmět:
Zdroj: Clínica y Salud. Investigación Empírica en Psicología, Vol 35, Iss 3, Pp 119-126 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1130-5274
2174-0550
DOI: 10.5093/clysa2024a16
Popis: Background: Recovery from psychopathology in patients with personality disorder (PD) after the therapeutic intervention is not necessarily accompanied by an increase in their quality of life. This phenomenon can be understood from a bifactorial model of affect and challenges our therapeutic design to focus on recovery. Method: In a sample of severe PD, we evaluate emotional and clinical variables before (N = 414) and after (N = 247) a 6-month intervention program. Results: The level of emotion intensity influences the association between positive and negative affect (PA and NA; p < .0001). Patients with a “self-constructive” affective profile improve more in PA than in NA ( p = .008). Conclusions: The specific promotion of PA, applied in a phase in which the person experiences less negative emotional reactivity, could improve satisfaction with life and psychosocial functioning of PD patients.
Databáze: Directory of Open Access Journals