Clinical Assessment of Affective Instability: Comparing EMA Indices, Questionnaire Reports, and Retrospective Recall

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 425-436

  Solhan, Marika B ^a   Trull, Timothy J ^a   Jahng, Seungmin ^a   Wood, Phillip K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

affective instability; borderline personality disorder; ecological momentary assessment; retrospective report

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT INTENSITY MEASURE; AFFECT LABILITY SCALE; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTHYMIA; ECOLOGICAL MEMORY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MENTAL PATIENT; MOOD DISORDER; OUTPATIENT; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DYSTHYMIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MOOD DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 70249123077     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016869     Document Type: Article

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