Deliberate Self-Harm Behavior Among Italian Young Adults: Correlations With Clinical and Nonclinical Dimensions of Personality

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 298-308

  Cerutti, Rita ^a   Presaghi, Fabio ^a   Manca, Maura ^a   Gratz, Kim L ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral activation system; Behavioral inhibition system; Borderline personality disorder; Deliberate self harm; Impulsivity; Italy; Neuroticism; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELIBERATE SELF HARM; DELIBERATE SELF HARM INVENTORY; DEPERSONALIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); ITALY; MALE; MULTIPLE PERSONALITY; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DEPERSONALIZATION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84865163649     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2012.01169.x     Document Type: Article

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