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Cognitive heuristics in borderline personality disorder across treatment: A longitudinal non‐parametric analysis
Author(s) -
Kramer Ueli,
Golam Mehdi
Publication year - 2019
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.22775
Subject(s) - psychology , borderline personality disorder , alliance , heuristics , context (archaeology) , interpersonal communication , psychotherapist , cognition , clinical psychology , personality disorders , cognitive therapy , personality , psychiatry , social psychology , paleontology , political science , computer science , law , biology , operating system
Objective The development of a constructive therapeutic alliance may represent an important feature of interpersonal adaptation in clients with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). The present study explores cognitive heuristics as dynamic features of change in relationship with the therapeutic alliance in the treatment of BPD. Method In total, N = 60 clients with BPD, are included in the present study. In the context of brief therapy, the therapeutic alliance (WAI) is assessed from the client and the therapist perspectives after each therapy session; cognitive heuristics are assessed three times (CERS). The data analyses are on the basis of non‐parametric clusters (kml3d) linked with the therapeutic alliance. Results The results showed that clusters of cognitive heuristics trajectories are linked with the client's therapeutic alliance ( t (55) = 2.30, p = .03), but they remained unrelated with the evolution of the therapist's alliance. Conclusions These results are discussed with regard to the interpersonal adaptiveness of cognitive heuristics in the context of BPD undergoing treatment.