An empirical study of the psychodynamics of borderline impulsivity: A preliminary report

Psychoanalytic Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 341-362

  Gagnon, Jean ^a,b,c,d   Daelman, Sacha ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION OF GREATER MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN NEUROPSYCHOLOGIE ET COGNITION   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Borderline impulsivity; Kernberg model; Object relations; SCORS; Self destructive behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BORDERLINE STATE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EATING DISORDER; EMOTION; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMPULSIVENESS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; KERNBERGS OBJECT RELATION MODEL; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MASTERSONS OBJECT RELATION MODEL; OBJECT RELATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 79960782471     PISSN: 07369735     EISSN: 19391331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024358     Document Type: Article

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