Cognitive coping and defense styles in patients with personality disorders

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 634-644

  van Wijk Herbrink, Marjolein ^a,b   Andrea, Helene ^a,c   Verheul, Roel ^a,d  

^a Center of Psychotherapy De Viersprong   (Netherlands)

^b Outpatient clinic   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 80054962193     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: 19432763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.2011.25.5.634     Document Type: Article

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