In one of the latest articles published in the RPCNA we explore changes in adolescents with borderline personality characteristics and in their caregivers after participating in “Dialectical Behavior Multifamily Group Therapy”.
The objective is to evaluate whether a DBT-A skills group as a stand-alone treatment could improve parenting styles and emotional regulation in adolescents with characteristics of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and their parents.
For this, the following methodology has been used:
- 12-week skills group intervention with 14 adolescents and their caregivers.
- Participants (81.82% women) from 14 to 17 years old (M= 15.55, SD=.82).
- Clinically Reliable Change (CRC) to understand individual changes.
- Evaluation of the acceptability of the intervention.
The results show effectiveness in improving parenting styles (more affectionate and less critical) in parents and adolescents, changes in varied emotional regulation processes that are maintained in some aspects up to six months later, and satisfactory levels of satisfaction with the intervention.
That is, multifamily intervention with DBT-A could modify mechanisms related to the development of BPD, such as parenting styles. However, the duration may not be sufficient to improve emotional regulation processes.
You can find the full article at RPCNA.