Comparison of attachment styles in borderline personality disorder and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-80

  Aaronson, Cindy J ^a   Bender, Donna S ^b   Skodol, Andrew E ^b   Gunderson, John G ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment patterns; Attachment style; Borderline personality disorder; Obsessive compulsive personality disorder

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 30344436709     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: 15736709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11126-006-7962-x     Document Type: Article

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