Parenting Skills for Mothers With Borderline Personality Disorder: A Newly Developed Group Training Program

October 13, 2016 updated by: Dr. Charlotte Rosenbach, Freie Universität Berlin
N=15 mothers with Borderline Personality Disorder who had young children (aged 0-6 years) participated in a 12-week training program. To estimate the participants' impairment, parental stress and psychological distress were assessed before the training. After the training, participants and trainers were asked to provide feedback regarding the valuation of and the changes due to the training.

Study Overview

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

15

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Borderline diagnosis in mothers
  • Infants between 6 months and 6 years
  • Mothers and their children must be in regular contact with each other

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Acute child endangerment
  • Maternal acute suicidality

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Other: Parenting Skills for Mothers with BPD
single-arm study
The cognitive-behavioral Group Training for mothers with BPD consists of 12 weekly sessions promoting parenting skills including primary needs of children, stress and stress management, dealing with conflicts, mindfulness, emotion regulation, routine and flexibility, the role of the body in parenting, basic assumptions about parenting, and self-care.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
written feedback
Time Frame: 12 weeks
the participants provide written feedback regarding the changes due to the parental skills training
12 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2015

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 1, 2015

Study Completion (Actual)

October 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 30, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 13, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

October 17, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

October 17, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 13, 2016

Last Verified

September 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • RenRos01

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

IPD Plan Description

qualitative data not suitable for sharing

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