Practice matters

Mindfulness skills training constitute a core element of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) that has been proposed as a key component to improve emotion dysregulation (ED) in borderline personality disorder (BPD). However, the relationship between the time spent practicing mindfulness skills at home...

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Autores: Schmidt, Carlos|||0000-0002-5927-4554, Soler, Joaquim|||0000-0001-8077-3641, Vega, Daniel|||0000-0002-5621-8987, Pascual, Juan Carlos|||0000-0001-8039-9346
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:306335
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/306335
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.jcbs.2024.100756
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Borderline personality disorders
Dialectical behavior therapy
Emotion regulation
Mindfulness practice
Mindfulness training
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Sumario:Mindfulness skills training constitute a core element of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) that has been proposed as a key component to improve emotion dysregulation (ED) in borderline personality disorder (BPD). However, the relationship between the time spent practicing mindfulness skills at home and changes in ED is not well-understood. This study aimed to determine whether daily mindfulness practice meaningfully improves ED, and, if so, the minimum dose needed to do so. A total of 75 BPD outpatients participated in a 10-week DBT mindfulness skill training program. We systematically tracked the participants' mindfulness practice and their ED levels throughout the sessions. A total of 499 observations were recorded. We used multilevel modeling with a time-lagged approach to investigate the association between weekly practice and ED over time. Greater mindfulness practice predicted improvements in ED in the following week. A bidirectional relationship was also found; a higher level of ED impaired subsequent mindfulness practice. When accounting for the previous week's ED level, participants who practiced ≥3 days and.