Borderline personality pathology and chronic health problems in later adulthood: The mediating role of obesity

Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 152-159

  Powers, Abigail D ^a   Oltmanns, Thomas F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

body mass index; borderline personality disorder; obesity; personality pathology; physical health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BORDERLINE STATE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

BODY MASS INDEX; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84876126831     PISSN: 19492715     EISSN: 19492723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028709     Document Type: Article

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