Rejection sensitivity and negative self-beliefs as mediators of associations between the number of borderline personality disorder features and self-reported adult attachment

Personality and Mental Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 248-262

  Boldero, Jennifer M ^a   Hulbert, Carol A ^a   Bloom, Lisa ^a   Cooper, Jae ^a   Gilbert, Flora ^a   Mooney, Jessica L ^a   Salinger, Jodi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 79958803630     PISSN: 19328621     EISSN: 1932863X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pmh.93     Document Type: Article

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