| Abstract: | The aim of this randomized pilot study is to investigate the effects of a short training programme in loving‐kindness and compassion meditation (LKM/CM) in patients with borderline personality disorder. Patients were allocated to LKM/CM or mindfulness continuation training (control group). Patients in the LKM/CM group showed greater changes in Acceptance compared with the control group. Remarkable changes in borderline symptomatology, self‐criticism and self‐kindness were also observed in the LKM/CM group. Mechanistic explanations and therapeutic implications of the findings are discussed. Highlights: - Three weeks of loving‐kindness and compassion meditations increased acceptance of the present‐moment experience in patients with borderline personality disorder.
- Significant improvements in the severity of borderline symptoms, self‐criticism, mindfulness, acceptance and self‐kindness were observed after the LKM/CM intervention.
- LKM/CM is a promising complementary strategy for inclusion in mindfulness‐based interventions and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy for treating core symptoms in borderline personality disorder.
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