Quarrelsome behavior in borderline personality disorder: Influence of behavioral and affective reactivity to perceptions of others

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 195-207

  Sadikaj, Gentiana ^a   Moskowitz, D S ^a   Russell, Jennifer J ^a   Zuroff, David C ^a   Paris, Joel ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affective reactivity; Behavioral reactivity; Borderline personality disorder; Event contingent recording methodology.; Interpersonal triggers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT CONTINGENT RECORDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PERCEPTION; QUARRELSOME BEHAVIOR; RECORDING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 84880998290     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030871     Document Type: Article

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