The impact of outcome expectancy on therapy outcome in adolescents with borderline personality disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Outcome expectancy has been found to be a significant predictor of psychotherapy outcome. However, given that severity, chronicity and comorbidity are moderators of outcome expectancy, it is important to provide evidence of whether the same holds true in clinical conditions marked by these attributes, such as in borderline personality disorder (BPD). The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of patients' outcome expectancy in adolescents undergoing early intervention for BPD using pre-post difference of psychosocial functioning as outcome.

Methods

Forty-four adolescent BPD patients were treated with Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A) or Adolescent Identity Treatment (AIT). We investigated the effect of outcome expectancy on outcome

SUBMITTER: Baumer AV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9721041 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature