Impulsivity in borderline personality disorder: Impairment in self-report measures, but not behavioral inhibition

Psychopathology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 180-188

  Jacob, Gitta A ^a   Gutz, Lea ^a   Bader, Kerstin ^a   Lieb, Klaus ^c   Tüscher, Oliver ^a   Stahl, Christoph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antisaccades; Borderline personality disorder; Impulsivity; State emotions; Stop signal test; Stroop test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION;

ADULT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77950307162     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000304174     Document Type: Article

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