Sensory sensitivity, attachment experiences, and rejection responses among adults with borderline and avoidant features

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 641-658

  Meyer, Björn ^a   Ajchenbrenner, Muriel ^b   Bowles, David P ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOOD DISORDER; PESSIMISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SENSORY STIMULATION; TEMPERAMENT; VIGNETTE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 33645231480     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: 0885579X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.2005.19.6.641     Document Type: Article

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