Attachment mental states and inferred pathways of development in borderline personality disorder: A study using the adult attachment interview

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 451-469

  Barone, Lavinia ^a   Fossati, Andrea ^b   Guiducci, Valentina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adult attachment interview; Attachment mental states; Borderline personality disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051676364     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2011.602245     Document Type: Article

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