Attachment, borderline personality, and romantic relationship dysfunction

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 789-805

  Hill, Jonathan ^a   Stepp, Stephanie D ^b   Wan, Ming Wai ^a   Hope, Holly ^c   Morse, Jennifer Q ^b   Steele, Miriam ^d   Steele, Howard ^d   Pilkonis, Paul A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CONFLICT; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSE;

ADULT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COURTSHIP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SPOUSES;

EID: 84855421388     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: 19432763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.2011.25.6.789     Document Type: Article

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