Children of mothers with borderline personality disorder: Identifying parenting behaviors as potential targets for intervention

Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 76-91

  Stepp, Stephanie D ^a   Whalen, Diana J ^b   Pilkonis, Paul A ^a   Hipwell, Alison E ^a   Levine, Michele D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

mothers with borderline personality disorder; parent skills training; parent child interventions; parenting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BORDERLINE STATE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMOTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

ADULT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 84865973692     PISSN: 19492715     EISSN: 19492723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023081     Document Type: Article

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