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From DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets, Second Edition  by Marsha M. Linehan. Copyright 2015 by Marsha M. Linehan. Permis -
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worksheets .General WorksHeet 2a   (General Handouts 7, 7a) (p. 1 of 3)
example: c hain a nalysis of p roblem Behavior
Due Date:         Name:                   Date:  
Problem Behavior:  
VULNERABILITY 
PROMPTING EVENT
LINKSCONSEQUENCESPROBLEM BEHAVIOR
1. What exactly is the major pro Blem Behavior that I am analyzing?
Drinking too much and driving drunk
2. What promp TinG evenT  in the environment started me on the chain to my problem 
behavior? Include what happened ri GhT Before the urge or thought came into my 
mind.
Day prompting event occurred:   Monday                           
My sister from out of town called me and said she was not going to come visit me the next 
week like she had said she would, because her husband had an important business party he wanted her to attend with him.
3. Describe what things in myself and in my environment made me vulneraBle.
Day the events making me vulnerable started:   Sunday                    
My boyfriend said he had to take a business trip sometime in the next month.
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