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Benchmarks for Outpatient Dialectical Behavioral Therapy in Adults with Borderline Personality Disorder
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Washburn, Micki; Rubin, Allen; Zhou, Shu – Research on Social Work Practice, 2018
Purpose: This article provides benchmark data on within-group effect sizes from published randomized clinical trials supporting the efficacy of dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) for borderline personality disorder (BPD) in adults aged 18-65 years. Method: Within-group effect sizes were calculated via the Glass approach and adjusted for sample…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Adults, Behavior Modification, Benchmarking
Personality Correlates of Aggression: Evidence from Measures of the Five-Factor Model, UPPS Model of Impulsivity, and BIS/BAS
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Miller, Joshua D.; Zeichner, Amos; Wilson, Lauren F. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
Although many studies of personality and aggression focus on multidimensional traits and higher order personality disorders (e.g., psychopathy), lower order, unidimensional traits may provide more precision in identifying specific aspects of personality that relate to aggression. The current study includes a comprehensive measurement of lower…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Personality Problems, Aggression, Conceptual Tempo
Therapists' Use of DBT: A Survey Study of Clinical Practice
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DiGiorgio, Kimberly E.; Glass, Carol R.; Arnkoff, Diane B. – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine how therapists conduct Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) individual psychotherapy with clients, focusing on clinical factors that could account for decisions regarding modifications of DBT (e.g., client diagnosis, therapist theoretical orientation, and intensity of DBT training). Additionally, the study…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Mental Disorders, Behavior Modification, Identification
Factors Associated with Recent Suicide Attempts in Clients Presenting for Addiction Treatment
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Penney, Alexander; Mazmanian, Dwight; Jamieson, John; Black, Nancy – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2012
Factors associated with recent suicide attempts were examined in clients who sought treatment at an addictions facility between 2001 and 2008. Clients who reported being hospitalized for attempting suicide in the past year (n = 76) were compared to all other clients (n = 5914) on demographic, mental health, substance use, and problem gambling…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Mental Health, Suicide, Depression (Psychology)
Comparison of Modern Methods for Analyzing Repeated Measures Data with Missing Values
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Vallejo, G.; Fernandez, M. P.; Livacic-Rojas, P. E.; Tuero-Herrero, E. – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 2011
Missing data are a pervasive problem in many psychological applications in the real world. In this article we study the impact of dropout on the operational characteristics of several approaches that can be easily implemented with commercially available software. These approaches include the covariance pattern model based on an unstructured…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Psychosis, Prevention, Patients
Comprehending Envy
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Smith, Richard H.; Kim, Sung Hee – Psychological Bulletin, 2007
The authors reviewed the psychological research on envy. The authors examined definitional challenges associated with studying envy, such as the important distinction between envy proper (which contains hostile feelings) and benign envy (which is free of hostile feelings). The authors concluded that envy is reasonably defined as an unpleasant,…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Psychological Studies, Attribution Theory, Meta Analysis