Originalarbeiten / Original Articles. Diagnostik und Behandlung bindungsbezogener Aspekte bei Jugendlichen mit Persönlichkeitsstörungen / Assessment and Treatment of Attachment-Related Aspects in Adolescents with Personality Disorders

Abstract

Assessment and Treatment of Attachment-Related Aspects in Adolescents with Personality Disorders In recent years the relevance of attachment-related aspects in psychotherapy research has increased. This approach offers an opportunity to test the effectiveness of specific psychotherapeutic procedures for personality disorders in adulthood. Although there are a number of novel psychotherapeutic interventions for personality disorders that were adapted for adolescents, there is still a lack of research on studies that consider attachment-related characteristics. The present study demonstrates attachment-related aspects in a large sample of in-patient adolescents with personality disorders. Therapeutic implications of these findings will be outlined and discussed in the context a new attachment-based intervention tool. This tool might be particularly useful to help patients facing individual aspects of their attachment trauma and to develop more adaptive emotion regulation strategies in interpersonal contexts.