The experiences of parents in an early‐intervention program for young people with borderline personality disorder features
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21320206 |
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| Authors | C Edmund Bosworth (0000-0002-2144-0537, Faculty of Health University of Canberra Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia, corresponding author), Clare Watsford (0000-0001-9485-7694, Faculty of Health University of Canberra Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia), Annaleise Naylor (0000-0002-1689-725X, Faculty of Health University of Canberra Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia), Dean Buckmaster (0000-0002-1347-1317, Faculty of Health University of Canberra Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia), Debra Rickwood (0000-0002-4227-0231, Faculty of Health University of Canberra Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1524-1541 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Family Process (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0014-7370 • E-ISSN: 1545-5300 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/famp.12929 |
| PMID | 37602926 |
| OpenAlex | W4386019516 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 46 |
Previous research demonstrates that parents' communication skills may contribute to the development and maintenance of their young person's borderline personality disorder (BPD). Carers of people with BPD also experience their own psychosocial stressors and feel unsupported. Consequently, Dialectical Behavior Therapy for adolescents (DBT‐A) invites parents to partake in group therapy alongside their young person. Despite this involvement, little research exists examining parents' perspective of engaging in a DBT‐A program, and specifically whether they experience their own benefits and changes from being part of the program. To examine this, the current study interviews 34 parents who engaged in an early intervention DBT‐A program. Thematic analysis resulted in seven key themes and 16 subthemes beginning with parents' expectations of the program, followed by the key elements of the program that facilitated change, and the actual changes and benefits attributed to these elements. Overall, parents were surprised by their own gains from the program, and how the skills they learned facilitated personal development that improved family communication and functioning with their young person and more broadly. This study addresses the gap in understanding the parent perspective with clinical implications for the benefits of involving parents in therapy more generally
Borderline personality disorder · Developmental psychology · Dialectical Behavior Therapy · Family therapy · Intervention (counseling) · Personality · Perspective (graphical) · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Psychotherapist · Qualitative research · Stressor · Thematic analysis · Autism Spectrum Disorder Research · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Psychology · Social Psychology
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