Parental bonding and personality disorder: The mediating role of alexithymia

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 496-508

  De Panfilis, Chiara ^a   Salvatore, Paola ^a   Marchesi, Carlo ^a   Cazzolla, Roberto ^a   Tonna, Matteo ^a   Maggini, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMORBIDITY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 58149340117     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: 0885579X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.2008.22.5.496     Document Type: Article

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