Borderline personality disorder traits and their relationship with dimensions of normative personality: A web-based cohort and twin study

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 349-359

  Kendler, K S ^a,b,c   Myers, J ^a,b   Reichborn Kjennerud, T ^d,e,f  

^a Virginia Institute of Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics   (United States)

^b Departments of Psychiatry   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Borderline personality disorder; Genetics; Personality; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIENCE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; COGNITION; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONHOOD; RISK FACTORS; TWINS;

EID: 79954565001     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2010.01653.x     Document Type: Article

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