دانلود رایگان مقاله انگلیسی هوش هیجانی در بیماران مبتلا به اختلال استرس پس از سانحه، اختلال شخصیت و کنترل سالم - الزویر 2018

Abstract

Emotional intelligence as a part of social cognition has, to our knowledge, never been investigated in patients with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), though the disorder is characterized by aspects of emotional dysfunctioning. PTSD often occurs with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) as a common comorbidity. Studies about social cognition and emotional intelligence in patients with BPD propose aberrant social cognition, but produced inconsistent results regarding emotional intelligence. The present study aims to assess emotional intelligence in patients with PTSD without comorbid BPD, PTSD with comorbid BPD, and BPD patients without comorbid PTSD, as well as in healthy controls. 71 patients with PTSD (41 patients with PTSD without comorbid BPD, 30 patients with PTSD with comorbid BPD), 56 patients with BPD without PTSD, and 63 healthy controls filled in the Test of Emotional Intelligence (TEMINT). Patients with PTSD without comorbid BPD showed impairments in emotional intelligence compared to patients with BPD without PTSD, and compared to healthy controls. These impairments were not restricted to specific emotions. Patients with BPD did not differ significantly from healthy controls. This study provides evidence for an impaired emotional intelligence in PTSD without comorbid BPD compared to BPD and healthy controls, affecting a wide range of emotions.

4.5 Conclusions

In summary, patients with PTSD without BPD show impairments in emotional intelligence compared to patients with BPD without PTSD and compared to healthy controls. These impairments were not specific to any emotions but affected the performance of all emotions, except “unease”, “pride” and “surprise”. Possible explanations for these impairments e.g., core symptoms of PTSD, lack of social support or an underlying deficit in emotional intelligence, are discussed. Further research is necessary to investigate whether the detected deficit in emotional intelligence proves to be a risk factor for developing PTSD or if it is a result of the symptomatology of PTSD. Future research should furthermore assess whether it is beneficial to include emotional intelligence training sessions in PTSD psychotherapy treatment.