The relationship between self-reported attachment styles, interpersonal dysfunction, and borderline personality disorder

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 197, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 816-821

  Choi Kain, Lois W ^a,b   Fitzmaurice, Garrett M ^a,b,c   Zanarini, Mary C ^a,b   Laverdière, Olivier ^b,d   Gunderson, John G ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attachment; Borderline personality disorder; Interpersonal features

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; ADOLESCENT; METHODOLOGY; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449148778     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181bea56e     Document Type: Article

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