Emotion-related cognitive processes in borderline personality disorder: A review of the empirical literature

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 359-369

  Baer, Ruth A ^a   Peters, Jessica R ^a   Eisenlohr Moul, Tory A ^a   Geiger, Paul J ^a   Sauer, Shannon E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention bias; Borderline personality disorder; Emotion related cognitive processes; Memory bias; Thinking bias; Transdiagnostic perspective

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDER; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; BORDERLINE STATE; COGNITION; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DICHOTOMOUS THINKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; EMOTION RELATED COGNITIVE PROCESSING; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; MEMORY; PERSONALITY BELIEF QUESTIONNAIRE; PERSONALITY DISORDER BELIEF QUESTIONNAIRE; PROTECTION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCHEMA QUESTIONNAIRE; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SELECTIVE MEMORY; SOCIAL BELIEF; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STROOP TEST; THINKING; THOUGHT DISORDER; TRUST; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ATTENTION; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MEMORY;

EID: 84860538527     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2012.03.002     Document Type: Review

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