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Family Connections: A Program for Relatives of Persons With Borderline Personality Disorder
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This study assessed changes in family members who participated in Family Connections, a 12‐week manualized education program for relatives of persons with borderline personality disorder (BPD). Family Connections, led by trained family members, is based on the strategies of standard Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and DBT for families. The program provides (a) current information and research on BPD, (b) coping skills, (c) family skills, and (d) opportunities to build a support network for family members. Forty‐four participants representing 34 families completed the pre‐, post‐, and 6‐month postbaseline self‐report questionnaires. Analyses employing hierarchical linear modeling strategies showed significant reductions in grief and burden, and a significant increase in mastery from pre‐ to post‐group assessment. Changes were maintained at 6 months post baseline.
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“Los familiares de personas con un trastorno mental tienen riesgo de padecer depresión, sobrecarga emocional, duelo y aislamiento (Greenberg, Seltzer, y Greenley, 1993;Hoffman et al., 2005).”
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“Despite family members of people with BPD having more risk of suffering from psychological problems, there are no empirically-validated interventions for this population.”
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“Los estudios piloto que han evaluado el programa FC® indican mejorías en el duelo (i.e., las experiencias cognitivas, emocionales y psicológicas como tristeza, dolor y pérdida asociadas a tener un familiar con trastorno mental; Hoffman, 2005, p. 220), la sobrecarga emocional, el bienestar psicológico y la autoeficacia de los familiares tras recibir el programa (Hoffman et al., 2005;Hoffman et al.,”
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“Este resultado es alentador, ya que va en la línea de previas investigaciones que evaluaron el programa FC (Flynn et al., 2017;Hoffman et al., 2005;Hoffman, et al., 2007;Rajalin et al., 2009) y sugiere que incluir componentes específicos para las relaciones familiares podría disminuir la sobrecarga emocional del cuidador.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Hoffman, P. D., Fruzzetti, A. E., Buteau, E., Neiditch, E. R., Penney, D., Bruce, M. L., Hellman, F., & Struening, E.
- Affiliations
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
- University of Nevada, Reno (US)
- Tufts University (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- New York State Psychiatric Institute (US)
- Venue
- Family Process
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2005-05-10
- Volume
- 44
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 217-225
- ISSN
- 0014-7370 (ISSN-L)
- 1545-5300
- OpenAlex
- W2167190782
- Cited by
- 190
- References
- 12
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 6.53
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Family Process (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (7k08mh001602-06)
- National Institute of Mental Health (K08 MH001602-05)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
- Keywords
- borderline personality disorder, relatives of patients, family education programs, family ties, dialectical behavior therapy, coping strategies, family skills, grief, caregiver burden, mastery, family support networks, manualized intervention
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Borderline Personality Disorder, Family, Family Therapy, Female, Health Education, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Prospective Studies, Surveys and Questionnaires, United States, Program Evaluation, Program Development, Cost of Illness
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