Taxometric evidence for the dimensional structure of cluster-C, paranoid, and borderline personality disorders

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 606-628

  Arntz, Arnoud ^a   Bernstein, David ^a   Gielen, Dominique ^a   Van Nieuwenhuyzen, Myrthe ^a   Penders, Krystle ^a   Haslam, Nick ^b   Ruscio, John ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c The College of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY;

EID: 73249131394     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: 0885579X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.2009.23.6.606     Document Type: Article

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