Competitive memory training (COMET) for low self-esteem in patients with personality disorders: A randomized effectiveness study

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-19

  Korrelboom, Kees ^a   Marissen, Marlies ^a   Van Assendelft, Tanja ^a  

^a PsyQ   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

group treatment; memory retrieval; Personality disorders; self esteem

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; AWARENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTENTION; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79951851896     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: 14691833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1352465810000469     Document Type: Article

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