Betrayal trauma and borderline personality characteristics: Gender differences

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 379-385

  Kaehler, Laura A ^a   Freyd, Jennifer J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

betrayal trauma; Borderline personality disorder; gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873679634     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024928     Document Type: Article

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