The relationship between activating affects, inhibitory affects, and self-compassion in patients with cluster c personality disorders

Psychotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 293-303

  Schanche, Elisabeth ^a   Stiles, Tore C ^b   Mccullough, Leigh ^c,d   Svartberg, Martin ^e   Nielsen, Geir Høstmark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c MODUM BAD PSYCHIATRIC CENTER   (Norway)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Affect phobia treatment; Cluster C personality disorder; Cognitive therapy; Self compassion; Short term dynamic psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; RECOGNITION; SHORT TERM DYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANGER; ANXIETY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SHAME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052675860     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: 19391536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022012     Document Type: Article

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