Borderline but not antisocial personality disorder symptoms are related to self-reported partner aggression in late middle-age

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 692-698

  Weinstein, Yana ^a   Gleason, Marci E J ^b   Oltmanns, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Common couple violence; Gender; Partner aggression; Personality disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MALE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERSONALITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOPATHY; SELF REPORT; AGING; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY;

AGGRESSION; AGING; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 84873512113     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028994     Document Type: Article

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