Borderline personality disorder features: The role of self-discrepancies and self-complexity

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 309-321

  Parker, Alexandra G ^a   Boldero, Jennifer M ^a   Bell, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DYSPHORIA; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MMPI; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS;

EID: 33749626671     PISSN: 14760835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/147608305X70072     Document Type: Article

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