Discrepancies between explicit and implicit self-esteem are linked to symptom severity in borderline personality disorder

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 357-364

  Vater, Aline ^a,c   Schröder Abé, Michela ^b   Schütz, Astrid ^b   Lammers, Claas Hinrich ^c   Roepke, Stefan ^c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borderline personality disorder; Damaged self esteem; Discrepancies; Explicit self esteem; Fragile self esteem; Implicit self esteem

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHORIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLICIT MEMORY; MENTAL DISEASE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM;

EID: 77955981590     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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