Emotional Granularity and Borderline Personality Disorder

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 414-426

  Suvak, Michael K ^a,b   Litz, Brett T ^a,c   Sloan, Denise M ^a,c   Zanarini, Mary C ^d,e   Barrett, Lisa Feldman ^f,g   Hofmann, Stefan G ^b  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective dysregulation; Borderline personality disorder; Emotional granularity; Emotional processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL TASK; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHOPATHY; SEMANTICS;

EID: 79956058681     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021808     Document Type: Article

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