Preoccupied attachment and emotional dysregulation: Specific aspects of borderline personality disorder or general dimensions of personality pathology?

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 473-495

  Scott, Lori N ^a   Kim, Yookyung ^a   Nolf, Kimberly A ^a   Hallquist, Michael N ^a   Wright, Aidan G C ^a   Stepp, Stephanie D ^a   Morse, Jennifer Q ^a   Pilkonis, Paul A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84880732303     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: 19432763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi_2013_27_099     Document Type: Article

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