Too upset to think: The interplay of borderline personality features, negative emotions, and social problem solving in the laboratory

Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 243-260

  Dixon Gordon, Katherine L ^a   Chapman, Alexander L ^a   Lovasz, Nathalie ^a   Walters, Kris ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

borderline personality disorder; emotion; emotion induction; social problem solving

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APTITUDE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BORDERLINE STATE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DISTANCE; STATISTICS; STUDENT; THINKING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APTITUDE; AROUSAL; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; STUDENTS; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80055066305     PISSN: 19492715     EISSN: 19492723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021799     Document Type: Article

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