AUTHOR=Albein-Urios Natalia , Martinez-Gonzalez Jose M. , Lozano-Rojas Oscar , Verdejo-Garcia Antonio 

TITLE=Dysfunctional Personality Beliefs Linked to Emotion Recognition Deficits in Individuals With Cocaine Addiction and Personality Disorders

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychiatry

VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2019

YEAR=2019

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00431

DOI=10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00431

ISSN=1664-0640

ABSTRACT=Background: Facial emotion recognition is impaired in addiction and personality disorders. Dysfunctional personality beliefs reflect negative interpersonal schemas that may underpin emotion recognition deficits. We aimed to examine the association between personality beliefs and emotion recognition among participants with cocaine use disorder including those with comorbid personality disorders.

Methods: We recruited 70 participants with cocaine use disorder (38 had an additional personality disorder). Dysfunctional beliefs were indicated with the Personality Belief Questionnaire and facial emotion recognition with the Ekman’s Test. We applied correlations/multiple regressions to test the relationship between beliefs and emotion recognition. 

Results: Personality beliefs reflecting paranoid, antisocial and obsessive-compulsive features were negatively associated with emotion recognition. Antisocial and obsessive beliefs were associated with poorer recognition of fear, and paranoid beliefs with poorer recognition of disgust. Antisocial beliefs were significantly associated with emotion recognition after adjusting for cocaine use. 

Conclusion: Dysfunctional personality beliefs are associated with poorer emotion recognition. Personality-related negative schemas about the self and others can impact social cognition and interaction during cocaine treatment.