From dysfunction to adaptation: An interactionist model of dependency

Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages 291-316

  Bornstein, Robert F ^a  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dependent personality; healthy dependency; implicit dependency; interpersonal dependency; personality disorder

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADAPTATION; AFFECT; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DSM-5; HUMAN; INTERACTIONIST MODEL; INTERPERSONAL DEPENDENCY; LIFESPAN; MANAGED CARE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECT; COGNITION; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY DISORDERS;

EID: 84861507585     PISSN: 15485943     EISSN: 15485951     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-032511-143058     Document Type: Review

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