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Rizvi, Shireen L.; Dimeff, Linda A.; Skutch, Julie; Carroll, David; Linehan, Marsha M. – Behavior Therapy, 2011
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) has received strong empirical support and is practiced widely as a treatment for borderline personality disorder (BPD) and BPD with comorbid substance use disorders (BPD-SUD). Therapeutic success in DBT requires that individuals generalize newly acquired skills to their natural environment. However, there have…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Behavior Modification, Personality, Coping
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Gratz, Kim L.; Latzman, Robert D.; Tull, Matthew T.; Reynolds, Elizabeth K.; Lejuez, C. W. – Behavior Therapy, 2011
Most of the extant literature on borderline personality disorder has focused on the course, consequences, and correlates of this disorder among adults. However, little is known about childhood borderline personality (BP) features, or the factors associated with the emergence of BP pathology in childhood. A greater understanding of childhood BP…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Personality Problems, Antisocial Behavior, Prevention
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Glenn, Catherine R.; Klonsky, E. David – Behavior Therapy, 2011
Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) has become a significant public health problem. Although numerous studies have examined cross-sectional psychological correlates of NSSI, there has been little research examining predictors of NSSI over time. The present study examined cross-sectional and longitudinal correlates of NSSI in 81 young adult…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Injuries, Public Health, Young Adults
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Dimeff, Linda A.; Woodcock, Eric A.; Harned, Melanie S.; Beadnell, Blair – Behavior Therapy, 2011
This study evaluated the efficacy of methods of training community mental health providers (N=132) in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) distress tolerance skills, including (a) Linehan's (1993a) Skills Training Manual for Borderline Personality Disorder (Manual), (b) a multimedia e-Learning course covering the same content (e-DBT), and (c) a…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Personality Problems, Self Efficacy, Behavior Modification
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Clarke, Stephanie B.; Rizvi, Shireen L.; Resick, Patricia A. – Behavior Therapy, 2008
Many studies report that comorbid borderline personality pathology is associated with poorer outcomes in the treatment of Axis I disorders. Given the high rates of comorbidity between borderline personality pathology and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), it is essential to determine whether borderline symptomatology affects PTSD treatment…
Descriptors: Rape, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Pathology, Personality Problems
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Miller, Mark W.; Resick, Patricia A. – Behavior Therapy, 2007
This study replicated and extended findings of internalizing and externalizing subtypes of posttraumatic psychopathology (Miller, M. W., Greif, J. L., & Smith, A. A. (2003). Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire profiles of veterans with traumatic combat exposure: Internalizing and externalizing subtypes. "Psychological Assessment, 15",…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Psychological Evaluation, Females, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder