Mindfulness and Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills in Borderline Personality Disorder

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

64 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-09-30

Study Completion Date

2014-04-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of the study was to determine whether mindfulness training could be more effective than another active intervention in reducing borderline personality disorder (BPD) symptoms. The main hypothesis was that patients allocated to the mindfulness group would show a greater improvement on global BPD symptomatology. As a second objective, we explored some of the possible underlying mechanisms of both active treatments. For that purpose, changes in decentering, mindfulness facets and cognitive processing of social interactions were also evaluated.

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Detailed Description

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The present study aimed at evaluating the efficacy of mindfulness skills (M) versus interpersonal effectiveness skills (IE) on borderline symptoms. For that purpose, a randomized, active-controlled clinical trial was designed. 64 participants with borderline personality disorder (BPD) diagnosis were allocated to mindfulness (n=32) or interpersonal effectiveness skills (n=32). Both interventions were delivered over a 10-week period. The borderline symptom list (BSL-23) was elected as the primary outcome measure. Mindfulness related capacities, decentering and cognitive processing of social interactions were also evaluated with the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ), the Experiences Questionnaire (EQ) and the Multidimensional Scale of Social Expression (EMES-C), respectively. Assessments were conducted pre and post interventions.

Conditions

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Borderline Personality Disorder

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Mindfulness

As proposed in dialectical behavioral therapy, mindfulness training consist of a set of behavioral skills that aim at improving patient's attentional control and emotional regulation.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Mindfulness

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

weekly psychotherapy sessions for 10 weeks (120 min each)

Interpersonal effectiveness

Interpersonal effectiveness skills are focused on improving interpersonal relationships and enhancing patient's ability to display social effective behavior.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

interpersonal effectiveness

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

weekly psychotherapy sessions for 10 weeks (120 min each)

Interventions

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Mindfulness

weekly psychotherapy sessions for 10 weeks (120 min each)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

interpersonal effectiveness

weekly psychotherapy sessions for 10 weeks (120 min each)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Ages between 18 and 45 years
* BPD criteria according to two diagnostic interviews (SCID-II and DIB-R)

Exclusion Criteria

* Lifetime diagnosis of schizophrenia, drug-induced psychosis, organic brain syndrome, bipolar disorder or mental retardation
* Participating in any sort of psychotherapy during the study or having participated in dialectical behavioral therapy groups in the past

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

45 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No