Effects of Mindfulness Training on Emotion Regulation and Impulsivity

Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

Status: Completed

Conditions: Mindfulness Skills; Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills

Treatments: Behavioral: Interpersonal Effectiveness skills training; Behavioral: Mindfulness skills training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03363230

IIBSP-TLP-2013-115

Details and patient eligibility

About

Mindfulness training has proven to be a reliable treatment for patients with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).The present randomized-controlled study examines the effects of mindfulness training on emotion regulation and impulsitivy. In addition, fMRI data was collected pre and post intervention. 70 patients with BPD diagnosis were randomized to either mindfulness or interpersonal effectiveness skills training. Assessments were conucted pre-and-post-intervention.

Enrollment: 70 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• BPD diagnosis according to two semi -structured interviews: the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis II disorders and the Revised Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines
• Age between 18 and 50 years old
• No comorbidities with schizophrenia, drug induced psychosis, organic brain syndrome, substance dependence, bipolar disorder, mental retardation, or major depressive episode in course
• Not being participating in any other psychotherapy at the moment of the study.

Exclusion criteria

• Having participated of skills training in the past.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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70 participants in 2 patient groups

Mindfulness skills

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindfulness skills training

Interpersonal effectiveness skills

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Interpersonal Effectiveness skills training