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Development of Emotional Cascades in Borderline Personality Disorder

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Turbulent emotional experience and engaging in a wide variety of dysregulated behaviors are essential symptoms of borderline personality disorder (BPD). A new model of BPD, called the Emotional Cascade Model, aims to increase our understanding of the fundamental connection between emotional and behavioral dysregulation in this disorder, by highlight the phenomena of emotional cascades. Emotional cascades do not occur in isolation, however, and are likely influenced by a number of developmental factors, eventually contributing to the emergence of BPD. Furthermore, the experience of emotional cascades is likely to negatively influence developmental trajectory over time, resulting in additional exacerbation of symptoms. Theoretical and empirical considerations for the role of the Emotional Cascade Model in BPD will be discussed, as will important developmental factors that are likely to influence and interact with emotional cascades.

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    Of note, we use the term dysregulated behavior interchangeably with the concept of impulsive behavioral experiences. However, it should be noted that there is not complete overlap between the concepts of dysregulated behaviors and impulsive behavior. Impulsive behavior can be more broadly conceptualized as engaging in harmful behaviors, failure to plan ahead, acting without thinking, and lack of perseverance (Whiteside et al., 2005). We conceptualize dysregulated behaviors a specific facet of impulsive behavior involving overt behaviors that ultimately result in harm to the individual (e.g., self-injury, substance use).

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Selby, E.A., Kranzler, A., Panza, E. (2014). Development of Emotional Cascades in Borderline Personality Disorder. In: Sharp, C., Tackett, J. (eds) Handbook of Borderline Personality Disorder in Children and Adolescents. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0591-1_12

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