The moderating role of borderline personality in the relationships between deliberate self-harm and emotion-related factors

Personality and Mental Health

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 96-107

  Gratz, Kim L ^a   Breetz, Alisa ^b   Tull, Matthew T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77956420710     PISSN: 19328621     EISSN: 1932863X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pmh.102     Document Type: Article

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