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Effects of a Standardized DBT—A Program on Identity Development in Adolescents
Background: Identity diffusion plays a central role in the onset of borderline personality disorders. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A) is a treatment program for adolescents with emotional instability and dysregulation. The interest of this study is to examine the potential eff...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10526514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37759929 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13091328 |
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description | Background: Identity diffusion plays a central role in the onset of borderline personality disorders. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A) is a treatment program for adolescents with emotional instability and dysregulation. The interest of this study is to examine the potential effects of a standardized and certified DBT-A therapy program on the identity development of adolescents in an inpatient setting. Methods: A total of 138 adolescents aged 13 to 18 years with symptoms of severe emotional instability were assessed before and after a certified and standardized 12-week in-patient DBT-A program targeting emotional regulation with the following standardized instruments: the Assessment of Identity Development in Adolescence (AIDA), Scale of the Experience of Emotions (SEE), and Symptom Checklist (SCL-90-R). Results: The results indicate a significant change in identity development, emotion regulation, and general symptoms of psychopathology after treatment with DBT-A. Conclusions: In this large sample of adolescents, DBT-A significantly improved identity development and reduced identity diffusion, however, without a treatment-as-usual control group as a limitation. Nevertheless, our results may become clinically relevant for the prevention of chronic impairment in emotionally unstable adolescents. |
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spelling | pubmed-105265142023-09-28 Effects of a Standardized DBT—A Program on Identity Development in Adolescents Dixius, Andrea Möhler, Eva Brain Sci Article Background: Identity diffusion plays a central role in the onset of borderline personality disorders. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A) is a treatment program for adolescents with emotional instability and dysregulation. The interest of this study is to examine the potential effects of a standardized and certified DBT-A therapy program on the identity development of adolescents in an inpatient setting. Methods: A total of 138 adolescents aged 13 to 18 years with symptoms of severe emotional instability were assessed before and after a certified and standardized 12-week in-patient DBT-A program targeting emotional regulation with the following standardized instruments: the Assessment of Identity Development in Adolescence (AIDA), Scale of the Experience of Emotions (SEE), and Symptom Checklist (SCL-90-R). Results: The results indicate a significant change in identity development, emotion regulation, and general symptoms of psychopathology after treatment with DBT-A. Conclusions: In this large sample of adolescents, DBT-A significantly improved identity development and reduced identity diffusion, however, without a treatment-as-usual control group as a limitation. Nevertheless, our results may become clinically relevant for the prevention of chronic impairment in emotionally unstable adolescents. MDPI 2023-09-15 /pmc/articles/PMC10526514/ /pubmed/37759929 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13091328 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Dixius, Andrea Möhler, Eva Effects of a Standardized DBT—A Program on Identity Development in Adolescents |
title | Effects of a Standardized DBT—A Program on Identity Development in Adolescents |
title_full | Effects of a Standardized DBT—A Program on Identity Development in Adolescents |
title_fullStr | Effects of a Standardized DBT—A Program on Identity Development in Adolescents |
title_full_unstemmed | Effects of a Standardized DBT—A Program on Identity Development in Adolescents |
title_short | Effects of a Standardized DBT—A Program on Identity Development in Adolescents |
title_sort | effects of a standardized dbt—a program on identity development in adolescents |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10526514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37759929 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13091328 |
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