Adult social attachment disturbance is related to childhood maltreatment and current symptoms in borderline personality disorder

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 194, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 341-348

  Minzenberg, Michael J ^a,c   Poole, John H ^b   Vinogradov, Sophia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Borderline personality disorder; Childhood maltreatment; Impulsivity; Social attachment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BORDERLINE STATE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MOOD CHANGE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; SYMPTOM; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOPATHY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COMORBIDITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS;

EID: 33744525978     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000218341.54333.4e     Document Type: Article

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