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Are the DSM‐IV Personality Disorders Related to Mindfulness? An Italian Study on Clinical Participants
Author(s) -
Fossati Andrea,
Vigorelli Porro Federico,
Maffei Cesare,
Borroni Serena
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.21848
Subject(s) - psychology , personality disorders , mindfulness , clinical psychology , personality , psychotherapist , dsm 5 , psychiatry , psychoanalysis
Objectives This study aims to assess the relationships between measures of mindfulness, self‐report, and interview measures of personality disorders (PDs) in a sample of 111 consecutively admitted adult outpatients. Results When PDs were assessed using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM‐IV Axis II Personality Disorders, Version 2.0, borderline and histrionic PD, as well as the overall number of PD criteria met by each participant, were significantly predicted by mindfulness measures. When the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire‐4+ (PDQ‐4+) scale scores were entered in the regression equations as dependent variables, only the obsessive‐compulsive PD seemed to be unrelated with mindfulness. The Mindful Attention Awareness Scale total score and the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire Act with Awareness scale were consistent, negative, and nonredundant predictors of PDQ‐4+ dimensionally assessed PDs. Conclusion As a whole, our findings support the hypothesis that low levels of mindfulness play a significant role in personality psychopathology, and particularly in borderline PD.