Pathological love: Impulsivity, personality, and romantic relationship

CNS Spectrums

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 268-274

  Sophia, Eglacy C ^a   Tavares, Hermano ^a   Berti, Marina P ^a   Pereira, Ana Paula ^b   Lorena, Andrea ^c   Mello, Cidália ^d   Gorenstein, Clarice ^a,e   Zilberman, Monica L ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Machenzie Presbyterian University   (Brazil)

^c Impulse Control Disorder Outpatient Clinic   (Brazil)

^d Municipal Department of Health of Maracatu   (Brazil)

^e LIM 23   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTED RELATIONSHIP ASSESSMENT SCALE; ARTICLE; BARRATT IMPULSIVENESS SCALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LIFE SATISFACTION; LOVE; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL LOVE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SELF TRANSCENDENCE; TEMPERAMENT AND CHARACTER INVENTORY; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY;

EID: 67649870287     PISSN: 10928529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1092852900025438     Document Type: Article

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