Cognitive and affective dimensions of difficulties in emotional functioning in somatoform disorders and borderline personality disorder

Psychopathology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 153-162

  Van Dijke, Annemiek ^a   Van Der Hart, Onno ^b   Van Son, Maarten ^b   Bühring, Martina ^c   Van Der Heijden, Peter ^b   Ford, Julian D ^d  

^a Delta Psychiatrisch Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Altrecht   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Borderline personality disorder; Emotion regulation; Somatoform disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STATISTICAL MODEL; THINKING;

ADULT; AFFECT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; COGNITION; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; THINKING;

EID: 84876810995     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000338832     Document Type: Article

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