A laboratory-based examination of responses to social rejection in borderline personality disorder: The mediating role of emotion dysregulation

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 157-171

  Gratz, Kim L ^a   Dixon Gordon, Katherine L ^a   Breetz, Alisa ^b   Tull, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DISTANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879184897     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: 19432763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.2013.27.2.157     Document Type: Article

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