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Does mindfulness mediate the association between attachment dimensions and Borderline Personality Disorder features? A study of Italian non-clinical adolescents 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Fossati, A.,Feeney, J.,Maffei, C.,Borroni, S.
  • 학회/출판사/기관명Taylor & Francis
  • 출판년도2011
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기ATTACHMENT AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
  • 발행사항Vol.13No.6[2011]_x000D_
  • ISBN/ISSN1461-6734
  • 소개/요약The aim of this study was to assess whether mindfulness mediates the association between attachment dimensions and features of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) in a sample of 501 Italian high-school students. Low scores on Confidence and high scores on Need for Approval and Preoccupation with Relationships attachment scales was significantly related to the number of BPD features (adjusted R 2 = .21, p < .001). Further, mindfulness scores were negatively associated with Need for Approval and Relationships as Secondary attachment scales (adjusted R 2 = .14, p < .001). Finally, mindfulness scores were negatively associated with the number of BPD features (adjusted R 2 = .15, p < .001). Mediation analyses showed that the relationship between Need for Approval and BPD was completely mediated by the mindfulness effects. Our results in non-clinical adolescents are consistent with Bateman and Fonagy's (200410. Bateman , A. W. and Fonagy , P. 2004. Mentalization-based treatment of BPD. Journal of Personality Disorders, 18: 36–51. [CrossRef], [PubMed], [Web of Science ®]View all references) hypothesis that the link between attachment disturbances and BPD features may be mediated by deficits in mentalization, at least as these are operationalized by low mindfulness.