Walking the Walk: Interpersonal Values Concordance Follows Rather Than Predicts Change throughout Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder.

Participants (N = 100) reported on symptoms, behaviors, and process variables at each session over an 18-week treatment for borderline personality disorder (BPD). Autoregressive dynamic structural equation models reflected that improvements in interpersonal values concordance may be better conceptualized as a treatment outcome, rather than as a predictor or mechanism.