Cognitive Conflict in Borderline Personality Disorder: A Study Protocol.

ABSTRACT: Borderline personality disorder (BPD) represents a severe mental condition that is usually characterized by distressing identity disturbances. Although most prevailing explanatory models and psychotherapy approaches consider and intervene on self-concept, they seem not to recognize or explore idiosyncratic cognitive conflicts that patients may experience. These conflicts, which have been conceptualized as "implicative dilemmas" and "dilemmatic constructs" by personal construct theorists, could be considered as key elements of the explanatory model for BPD to provide a better understanding of this disorder and possibly enhance the effectiveness of contemporary psychotherapeutic approaches. The current study (Identifier: NCT04498104) aims to examine the characteristics of the interpersonal c

SUBMITTER: Suarez V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7761325 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature