The added value of couple-based interventions compared to individual treatment for patients with personality disorder and their partners

Conditions: emotion regulation disorders
personality disorders
10034726

Registration Number: NL-OMON43682

Lead Sponsor: Parnassia Bavo Groep (Den Haag)

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 12

Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion criteria for subjects (patients)are;
- age 18-65
- presence of a personality disorder (according to the DSM-V)
- presence of a partner, duration of relationship is at least 1 year
- partner and patient are willing to commit to couple-based interventions

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion criteriaf for subjects (patient and/or partner) are:
- Diagnosis of a psychotic disorder, bipolar disorder or a major depressive episode, intellectual
disability, severe substance dependence, high vulnerability to crisis, severe domestic violence
(according to the DSM-IV)

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Measurements for patients:<br /><br><br /><br>a.Awareness and clarity of emotions (two basic components of emotion<br /><br>regulation) are measured with The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale<br /><br>(DERS; Gratz & Roemer, 2004)<br /><br><br /><br><br /><br>b.Relationship satisfaction is measured with Relationship Assessment Scale<br /><br>(RAS; Hendrick et al., 1998)<br /><br><br /><br><br /><br>c.General mental distress is measured with Korte Klachten Lijst (KKL; Appelo &<br /><br>Lange, 2007)</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Measurements for partner of patient:<br /><br><br /><br>a.Awareness and clarity of emotions (two basic components of emotion<br /><br>regulation) are measured with The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale<br /><br>(DERS; Gratz & Roemer, 2004)<br /><br><br /><br><br /><br>b.Relationship satisfaction is measured with Relationship Assessment Scale<br /><br>(RAS; Hendrick et al., 1998)<br /><br><br /><br><br /><br>c.General mental distress is measured with Korte Klachten Lijst (KKL; Appelo &<br /><br>Lange, 2007)</p><br>