The Rejection-Rage Contingency in Borderline Personality Disorder

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 681-690

  Berenson, Kathy R ^a   Downey, Geraldine ^a   Rafaeli, Eshkol ^b,c   Coifman, Karin G ^a   Leventhal Paquin, Nina ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Borderline personality disorder; Rejection sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; BULIMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTINGENT VALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 80051825323     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023335     Document Type: Article

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