The Impact of Borderline Personality Pathology on Mothers' Responses to Infant Distress

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 907-918

  Kiel, Elizabeth J ^a   Gratz, Kim L ^a   Moore, Sarah Anne ^a   Latzman, Robert D ^a   Tull, Matthew T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Borderline personality; Emotional responding; Infants; Parenting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84255201023     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025474     Document Type: Article

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