Symptoms of borderline personality disorder predict interpersonal (but not independent) stressful life events in a community sample of older adults

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 469-474

  Powers, Abigail D ^a   Gleason, Marci E J ^b   Oltmanns, Thomas F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Borderline personality disorder; Interpersonal stressors; Later adulthood; Personality pathology; Stressful life events

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DSM-IV; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMPULSIVENESS; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOIDISM; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM;

EID: 84878480571     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032363     Document Type: Article

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