Effects of mindfulness training on different components of impulsivity in borderline personality disorder: results from a pilot randomized study
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BACKGROUND: Impulsivity is considered a core characteristic of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Previous research on the effects of mindfulness training (MT) has shown that it might modify impulsivity-related aspects of BPD. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the impact of MT on various facets of impulsivity in BPD patients. METHODS: Subjects with BPD diagnosis (n = 64) were randomly assigned to 10 weeks of MT (n = 32) or interpersonal effectiveness skills training (IE; n = 32). All participants were assessed pre- and post-intervention with a self-reported measure of impulsivity and five behavioral neuropsychological tasks to evaluate response inhibition, tolerance for delay rewards, and time perception. RESULTS: An interaction effect of time × group was only observed for some of the behavioral paradigms used. Participants in the MT group improved their ability to delay gratification and showed changes in time perception, consistent with a decrease in impulsivity. No differences were observed between treatments in terms of trait impulsivity and response inhibition. CONCLUSIONS: Mindfulness training might improve some aspects of impulsivity but not others. Further study is warranted to better determine the effects of mindfulness training on the components of impulsivity. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02397031.
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Traditional DBT mindfulness skills training has shown health benefits such as increased attention and reduced impulsivity for clinical populations characterized by emotion dysregulation.
“Traditional training in DBT mindfulness skills training has shown health benefits such as increased attention, as well as reduced impulsivity for clinical population characterized by emotion dysregulation [17–19].”
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The Results (Self-reported impulsivity; page unavailable) report an improvement in the attentional impulsivity subscale after mindfulness training, and the Conclusions report improved delay of gratification in participants with borderline personality disorder. The study does not establish increased attention as a separate outcome or a general reduction in impulsivity: it found no between-treatment difference in trait impulsivity, and its findings are limited to this BPD sample. (LLM, conf=0.87)
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- Authors
- Soler, J., Elices, M., Pascual, J. C., Martín-Blanco, A., Feliu-Soler, A., Carmona, C., & Portella, M. J.
- Affiliations
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ES)
- Corresponding author
- Soler, Joaquim
- Venue
- Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation
- Published
- 2016-01-11
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-1
- ISSN
- 2051-6673 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4709962
- OpenAlex
- W2231360136
- Cited by
- 90
- References
- 50
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 5
- FWCI
- 10.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- European Commission (2013-2016)
- Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (PSI2014, PSI2014-56303, PSI2014-56303-REDT)
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
- Universidad de la República Uruguay
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (PSI2014-56303-REDT, PI13/00134, 2013-2016, CP10-00393)
- European Regional Development Fund (PI13/00134)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Keywords
- mindfulness training, impulsivity, borderline personality disorder, response inhibition, delay discounting, time perception, neuropsychological assessment, treatment effects
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