Adult attachment to transitional objects and borderline personality disorder

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-191

  Hooley, Jill M ^a   Wilson Murphy, Molly ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; LONELINESS; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONELINESS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859536194     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: 19432763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.2012.26.2.179     Document Type: Article

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